Year 2 Reading & writing Arts & crafts Resources

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practise in reading and writing, too!

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

By using watercolor paints to practise writing letters, sentences, and maths problems, your child will practise year two skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Help your first grader build up his sight words by creating a reading pointer and having him take the family on a house-wide reading tour!

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

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

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 practising writing.

Encourage your first grader to uncover her imagination and storytelling skills by authoring her very own book.

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding him in creating his very own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Invite your first grader to follow a African tradition by coming up with an explanatory African folktale and assembling a book to go along with it.

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.