Mom…I’m bored!
When you’re stuck inside with your kids—especially for an extended period of time—you probably look for activities that help combat boredom AND provide educational value at the same time. We can help! (You don’t have to use All About Reading or All About Spelling to reap the benefits of the resources featured below.)
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Being stuck inside might even seem fun when you start using the ideas compiled in the infographic below. In fact, if you don’t tell your child he’s learning, he might not even notice!
More FREE Teaching and Learning Resources
In addition to the ideas included on the infographic, we have LOTS of ready-to-print games and activities for you to download right now! We’ve also listed some helpful articles for teaching language arts skills and concepts. So grab a few of these resources and let the learning (and fun) begin!
Reading Resources
- Get kids interested in reading with magazines!
- Read some great books! (Picture Books | Chapter Books)
- Let us help as you motivate your kids to read.
- There’s no better time to start reading aloud to your kids.
- Create a bit of extra motivation with a cozy reading nook.
Skills Review for Reading and Spelling
- Build language skills with fun games like Boggle, Headbanz, Apples to Apples Junior, and more!
- Celebrate the seasons with stories and activities from All About Reading Levels 1-4 in our winter, spring, summer, and fall reading bundles.
- Explore even more reading review activities from All About Reading Levels 1-4 with our Reading Activity Bundle.
- “Eat” some Banana Splits: a game with compound words.
- Have a Popcorn Party! with this fun spelling review game.
- Practice three-letter prefixes, simple CVC words, and more with Word Flippers.
- Practice reading and spelling words with our Drag Race Review Game.
- Check out this treasure trove of pirate-themed reading and spelling activities. Arrrr!
- Try these 19 Activities for Kinesthetic Learning for learning that sticks!
- Create some kinesthetic writing practice with these DIY Salt Trays.
- Practice the letters and letter combinations (phonograms) that make up the English language with these review games and activities: Try Not to Moo!, Swatting Phonograms, Phonogram Jungle Bingo, and Fun with Phonograms. Check out our free Phonogram Sounds App!
Vocabulary-Building Resources
- Match up the Baby Animal Names with this matching activity.
- Reinforce spelling and vocabulary skills using Word Trees.
- Build your child’s vocabulary with these awesome ideas.
- Play with portmanteaus and build your child’s vocabulary all at the same time!
Preschool Resources
- Review the alphabet and make some great snacks with our ABC Snacks Cookbooks.
- Practice letter recognition with this series of hands-on activities.
- Explore the alphabet with this series of easy-to-assemble letter crafts. (Uppercase Letters | Lowercase Letters)
- Our free Letter Sounds A to Z App is a great way to teach and reinforce the correct pronunciation of the letter sounds.
Reading and Spelling Teaching Tips
- How to Teach Blending
- How to Teach the Alphabet to Preschoolers
- How to Teach Phonograms
- How to Teach Alphabetizing
- How to Teach Suffixes
- How to Teach Prefixes
- How to Teach Homophones
- How to Teach Contractions
- How to Teach Phonological Awareness
- How to Teach Rhyming
- How to Teach Sight Words
- How to Teach Long Vowel Sounds
- How to Teach Segmenting
- How to Teach Silent E
- How to Teach Schwas
- How to Teach Open and Closed Syllables
Please note that some of the activities listed above may need to be adapted for use with your child’s reading or spelling program.
How do you handle being stuck inside with your kids? Share in the comments below!
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