Hands-on Spelling Activities for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade

Are you looking for some hands-on spelling activities for kids?  Here are lots of ideas to help keep your kinesthetic learner engaged and mastering spelling. The best way to learn spelling words with with a fun spelling activity or spelling games for kids. These spelling fun games are perfect for pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students!

Spelling activities for kids

Kids needs lots of practice to become good spellers! Having kids build words letter by letter is great hands on way to learn spelling words. These spelling activities for kids are sure to help your child learn any spelling words on any spelling word list. Here are over 25 fun, hands on ways for preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade, 4, grade 5, and grade 6 students practice spelling words. Who knows, spelling might just become their favorite subject!

Spelling games for kids

• Alphabet Magnets (you can get some at the Target dollar section or like this one we have)
• Letter Stamps [we use this method a LOT!]

Spelling Activities for 2nd grade

• Letter Beads on a pipe cleaner like Frugal Fun 4 Boys
• Sensory tray writing (writing in sand, salt, etc.)
  

Spelling Activities for 1st grade

• Hands on Spelling with Mini Cups
• Shaving Cream or Pudding Finger Spelling (with free printable!)
• Puffy Paint (here is our homemade puffy paint recipe)

First grade spelling activities

• Spelling with Nuts & Bolts like No Time for Flashcards
• Typing words on a keyboard
• Lego Spelling Words Practice
• Cheese-It Spelling
• Chalk on the driveway

Spelling activities for first grade

• Spinning Straw Speller from Still Playing School
• Playdough (cookie cutters, stamping in playdough, or rolling out letters with ropes)

Spelling word activities for 2nd grade

• Cereal Spelling (using alphabet cereal or building letters with cheerios like A Mom with a Lesson Play)
• Alphabet Blocks

spelling word activities for 1st grade

• Rocks with Letters like Sugar Aunts
• Letter Sponge Painting

2nd grade spelling activities

• Pipe Cleaner Letters like Make and Take
• Lace & Spell with Lace-a-Word Beads

1st grade spelling activities

• Alphabet Stickers (alphabet stickers like these or Dot Sticker Spelling Scramble like School Time Snippets)
• Hidden Spelling Words (like this one from Kids Activities Blog)
• Clothespin Spelling
• Letter Hunt (cut out different fonts from a newspaper to spell your words) like this one
• Window writing (with Crayola Window Markers)
• Jump on Spelling
• Spelling Garage
• Play Hangman (our favorite reusable Melissa & Dough Hangman set)

 

1st Grade Science

• Solar System Worksheets Pack
• Life-size Human Body Project with free printable template
• EASY Lemon Battery Experiment
• 12 Hands-on Battery Experiment Ideas for Kids
• Mind-blowing Magnetic Slime for Kids
• Magnet experiments for Kids
• Balloon Solid, liquid, gas hands-on activities plus other projects
• Phases of the Moon for Kids – worksheets, activities, Oreo moon phases, and more
• Weather Unit with worksheets and hands-on weather activities for kids
• Learn the planet names with this Solar System for Kids Lesson plus tons of other Solar System Project  Ideas

 

Grade 1 Science

• Learn about Animal Classifications for Kids with these free printable cootie catchers
• Lots of 1st Grade Science Projects
• HUGE Ocean Animals for Kids Unit
• Dive into the amazing world of botany with this plants for kids lessons
• Learn about LOTS of life cycles for kids (panda, spider, watermelon, bee, sunflower, spider, and more!)
• TONS of fun Human Body for Kids activities, expeirments, and free printables too!
• Free Scientific Method Worksheets

 

United States Lesson for Kids

Help children learn about the great country of the United States with these free printables. Plus don’t miss all our fun, free, and immersive history lessons for kids

• Printable USA Presidents Coloring Pages
• Cute, Free Printable State Coloring Pages
• Free Printable States and Capitals Matching Game
• Free Presidents Worksheets – Learn about all the American presidents
• US States I Spy Worksheets
• Help kids understand where do I live with this clever printable activity
• Learn about American symbols with these Patriotic American Symbols for Kids
• How much do you know about USA for Kids? Color the flag, look at a map, discover famous landmarks like the statue of liberty,and more!
• American Symbols Worksheets
• Explore American History for kids including lots of fun, hands on activities and free printables
• 4 week lesson about Early Explorers for Kids
• The Colonial America for Kids lesson takes kids on a journey back to the first permanent settlement in America – Jamestown. Students will learn about colonial life with lots of hands on projects like eating Gruel, making a Wattle & Daub house, and creating a tin lantern will make the settlement come alive.
• We will make westward expansion for kids come alive for kids as they learn facts about the time period from about 1783-1898. In addition to learning about the Oregon trail, pony express, gold rush, transcontinental railroad, students will also learn to match animal trails, map the united states, and learn about North American animals too.
• Pennant History Posters to see US History At-a-Glance
• Learn about the Roaring 1920s for Kids – Printable Book to Read, Color, and Learn
• Rosa Parks for Kids Printable Reader to Color and Learn
• Martin Luther King Jr for Kids Printable Reader to Color and Learn
• Free Printable Maps including world map, continents, and country maps with and without labeling
• Ready to dive more in depth? Check out Country Study for Kids – look at 16 countries around the world up close
• Use Lego to explore famous landmarks in countries for kids
• Research and learn with these free Children around the World Worksheets
• Roll into Geography – Printable Geography Games
• You can find all our FREE printable country coloring pages covering over 36 different nations – or jump right to Spain Coloring Pages,  China Coloring Pages,  Italy Coloring Pages, Chile Coloring Pages, Germany Coloring Pages, and Costa Rica Coloring Pages
• Over 1+ million pages of Free Printable Worksheets