Elementary School English Language Arts Activities : Page 7

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:

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.

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.

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

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?

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

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