Kindergarten - 4th Grade Grammar and Mechanics Activities

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.

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.

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

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

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

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

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

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

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

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

Make English grammar fun with this engaging card game! Play a few rounds after a lesson on tenses to help students review what they have learned.

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.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

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

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

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.

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

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

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.

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun way!