Elementary School English Language Arts Activities : Page 12

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Make English grammar fun with this engaging card game! Play a few rounds after a lesson on tenses to help students review what they have learned.

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.