English Language Arts Activities : Page 8

Measure the effectiveness of detergent containing a UV-absorbing compound in blocking UV-A radiation. Use black light and UV detecting beads.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Introduce your preschooler to patterns in this arts and craft activity that uses household materials to create and paint scratch prints.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Here's a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

This fun and educational Halloween craft is a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday while building your child's letter and phonics skills.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

After the party and presents, there's just one more thing for your child to do: thank you notes!

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

This season, your child will make his very own candy cane decoration. He can make a bunch and put them all around your home!

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

Holiday thank you cards show friends and family that you appreciate them. Make a batch of holiday thank you cards with your child this winter.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

Use a digital camera and some simple drawing supplies to help your kindergartener make a personalized letter-sound book.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?