Kindergarten - 2nd Grade English Language Arts Activities : Page 2

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone'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.

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.

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.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

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.

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

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

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

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

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

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

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

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

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

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

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

Here's a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

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

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.