Early Childhood English Language Arts Activities

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

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!

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

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.

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

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!

Reuse the tops of tissue boxes as photo frames for treasured family photos in this fun craft activity.

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

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

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

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.

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

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!

Here's a fun activity that will help your child learn to cut on a line, practice fine motor control, and create a beautiful garland, too.

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.

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

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.

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.

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

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

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

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