Search Reading & Writing Holiday Hands-on Activities

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

This fun and educational Halloween craft is a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday while building your child's letter and phonics skills.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

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.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!