Elementary School English Language Arts Activities : Page 2

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

This science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

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.

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.

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

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

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

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

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

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

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

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

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

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

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.

Your fifth grade aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.