Early Childhood English Language Arts Activities

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Let your child play with scissors! Put them to work, creating a book that will keep them busy, and help them practice their letters, too.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

Make a textured name plate to hang on your preschooler's door!

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.