Preschool - 1st Grade English Language Arts Activities : Page 3

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

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Make a textured name plate to hang on your preschooler's door!

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

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.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Make your own personalized set of letter flash cards to get him thinking about the alphabet while boosting his fine motor skills in the process.

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

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

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

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

Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

Your preschooler will have a great time painting on a foil background to create a stunning, shiny work of art!

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

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

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!