Listed below are easy to do Language/Arts ideas for family fun.
A little bit of your time with imagination can go a long way…
Ais for Applesdescribe the color, texture, taste, and smell of apples
Bis for Blockscreate letters and tape letters/words to each block to create words or sentences
Cis for Collagemake a story by pasting pictures like family photos
Dis for Dollsretell a story by using dolls as the characters
Eis for Empty Boxessort items by their beginning sounds into letterboxes or make a bookshelf
Fis for Foodread can labels, ingredients on cereal boxes, or nutrition information at the
grocery storeor from items in your cabinet
Gis for Gamesplay rhyming or listening games, name a word for each letter of the alphabet, sort objects by vowel sounds, letter sounds, blends, etc.
His for Hatspick objects out of a hat and make up a story about it
Iis for Imagination make up a rhyme, story, song, or poem about your family and share with family
members
Jis for Junk Mailwrite a daily journal using pictures from catalogs or circular ads you get in the
Kis for Kitcreate a story telling kit by placing objects in an empty box
Lis for Lettersmake alphabet soup, write a letter to a family member, or come up with other homonyms words that sound the same but have different meanings like letter (alphabet) and letter what you write)
Mis for Macaroniwrite a letter in magic marker and glue macaroni on top of each letter
Nis for Newspapersread the comics using expression or cut out the comic and put into
sequential order
Ois for Old Clothesdress up and tell a story about a character you are or create a doll by
stuffing clothes with newspaper
Pis for PARENT be a parent to your child, they already have many friends!
Qis for Quiz Games while driving or walking, ask wondering questions about what you see
Ris for Rulerlearn how to read and write the different measurements on the ruler
Sis for Stickersmake a sticker collection and classify by color, shape, or figure
Tis for Tracetrace the dimensions of a book and write a short story within those dimensions
Uis for Utensilslearn names of utensils, how to set a table properly, read a book about proper
etiquette –one is never too young to learn
Vis for Visitsvisit a place like the library, discuss what you saw, draw or write about it
Wis for Water Play discuss water safety rules and create an invitation to a swim party in the bath tub
Xis for X-Raydraw what you think an x-ray looks like, take your pulse from different parts
of your body
Yis for Yarn write your name with yarn or make a book using yarn for the design
Zis for Zoo go for a visit to the zoo and discuss or write about your favorite animal you saw
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