1st - 3rd Grade English Language Arts Activities : Page 2

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

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.

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

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

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

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

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

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.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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

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 homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

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

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

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

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

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