Dictionary.com’s Daily Learning At Home ELA Activities

March 20, 2020

Find Week 1, Week 2, & new Week 3 ELA learning resources for preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle school, and high school students below.

As we all prepare to self-isolate, shelter in place, quarantine, hunker down at home, the time for interacting with our kids is upon us. And the fact that many parents are still working [from home] doesn’t make engaging with our kids feel easy or productive. That’s why we here at Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com have come up with some daily activities for kids of all ages that inspire learning, curiosity, and a bit of independence too. And we’ve asked our network of amazing teachers to vet the activities to make sure we’re providing suggestions that will keep your kids on track with their school-level learning.

On this page, we’ve listed all of our pathways to daily student-led and family-led activities by age range and school level. Check back as we will constantly be updating this page and our content to provide new activities for you and your families to use.

We may not know when we’ll be free of this pandemic, but it does prove that we can all work together to make the best of the situation for everyone involved.

Happy learning!

Preschool & Kindergarten Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 ELA Learning Activities

For kids ages 3–5, we’ve rounded up a fun set of videos and screen-less learning activities to enhance early writing skills, letter recognition, spelling, as well as an understanding of how language allows us to communicate with each other in general.

We’ve also asked the experts: teachers in the field, to share information about early literacy and early writing. Read some of their articles below and follow the activities inside for more to do each day.

Grades 1–4 Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 ELA Learning Activities

For kids ages 6–10, we’ve found the perfect mix of student-led activities and group activities (with parents and siblings) to get elementary kids thinking about reading, spelling, and how language works.

Grades 5–8 Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 ELA Learning Activities

For kids ages 11–14, this learning hub provides engaging videos about the English language and how it works as well as game shows where students can jump in on the action and answer the most confusing questions about grammar and words. Plus, we’ve got Dictionary treasure hunts and quizzes to keep young minds active and to provide educational screen time that’s also fun.

We’ve also asked the experts: teachers in the field, to share information about literacy and writing. Read some of their articles below and follow the activities inside for more to do each day.

We also recently added a section called “Homework Help” to several of our definition pages.

Here is a list of pages to explore by category. Read more about the terms you’re probably seeing appear within your online schooling homework!

Grades 9–12 Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 ELA Learning Activities

For kids 15–18, we’ve found our most engaging and educational ELA content and organized it here. High school students may have a ton of other means for learning right now, but taking a break at the dictionary can provide some lighthearted divergence from online schooling. And they may learn a thing or two in the process. Win-win!

We’ve also asked the experts: teachers in the field, to share information about literacy and writing. Read some of their articles below and follow the activities inside for more to do each day.

We also recently added a section called “Homework Help” to several of our definition pages.

Here is a list of pages to explore by category. Read more about the terms you’re probably seeing appear within your online schooling homework!

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