Preschool English Language Arts Activities : Page 2

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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

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

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.

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

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

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

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

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

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

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

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.

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

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

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.

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Introduce your preschooler to patterns in this arts and craft activity that uses household materials to create and paint scratch prints.

Reuse the tops of tissue boxes as photo frames for treasured family photos in this fun craft activity.

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!

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

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!

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

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.