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

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

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.

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.

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.

In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

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

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 photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

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

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

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

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

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

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

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

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.

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.