Preschool - 1st Grade English Language Arts Activities : Page 2

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

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.

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

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

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.

Let your child play with scissors! Put them to work, creating a book that will keep them busy, and help them practice their letters, too.

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!

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

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

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

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

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

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

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Kids love to hear about themselves. And reading about themselves is even better! This personal yearbook will let them record all their important facts.

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.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

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

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

Here's a fun activity that will help your child learn to cut on a line, practice fine motor control, and create a beautiful garland, too.

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.