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We've Flipped Over Homophones!

Posted by | 5:10 AM
Who's kidding who? Homophones can be confusing. What's the difference between pair and pear ? You're and your ? And wheel and...

Reluctant Writer's Story in Four Days

Posted by | 6:09 AM
Writing is painful for my son. It's his Achilles heel. During the last parent-teacher conference, his teacher told me all the things I a...

Could that BEE a Synonym or Antonym?

Posted by | 5:08 AM
This game is a prelude to what will (hopefully) become some better writing on my boy's part. His stories are simple sentences with unima...

Run-On Repair [a Grammar Activity]

Posted by | 6:01 AM
My son has been known to forget end punctuation. Hence, the run-on sentence occurs. To give him a little grammar lesson on why run-ons are b...

Missing Punctuation Board Game [printable]

Posted by | 5:42 AM
It's not exactly a secret; the English language is confusing. If I'm saying this after spending the last 12 years writing profession...

Top 10 Favorite Language Arts Activities of 2012

Posted by | 5:26 AM
This mama is a word nerd ... and proud of it. These activities were created to help develop my son's reading and writing skills. Who kne...

DIY Newspaper [Writing and Reporting]

Posted by | 5:09 AM
Writing is still a struggle for my son. Developing his ideas beyond simple sentences is agonizing for him. I cooked up a fun writing project...

Word Dominoes [Practicing Parts of Speech]

Posted by | 5:45 AM
I love words. I love my son. So, of course, I love doing language arts games with him. He thinks we’re playing. I know he’s learning. That t...

Word-Eating Whale [Nouns & Verbs]

Posted by | 5:06 AM
Did you see? Stores are already putting school supplies out!! To keep my son from forgetting some of the valuable information he learned in ...

You Be the Author & Illustrator [Ants Activity]

Posted by | 5:06 AM
It’s a guarantee that any time we’re outside, we’ll stop to stare at the ants. My kids have always seemed fascinated by these tiniest of ins...

Proofreading Police

Posted by | 5:21 AM
My son’s first-grade teacher is working hard to help the students, my son included, understand the writing process and the importance of pro...

Pronoun Practice to the Moon and Back

Posted by | 5:12 AM
Our Roy Orbison pronoun practice was great fun, but I could tell at the end my son was still a little foggy on how pronouns are used. This...
 

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