1st and 2nd Grade English Language Arts Activities : Page 2

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

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 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

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

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

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.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.