2nd - 5th Grade Holidays English Language Arts Activities

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

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.

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

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

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.

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

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.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

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

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.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

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

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

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

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

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

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

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.