Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Children who know the names and sounds of letters when they enter school, learn to read sooner. This activity uses a clothesline to work on alphabet sounds.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

In this activity, you will create a magical box to help your child learn her letter sounds. Here's how to play the Abracadabra learning game!

As your child plays photographer, snapping pictures around the yard, he'll also be practicing recognizing letter sounds, which will help him learn to read.

Using homemade felt alphabet letters and 26 colorful pictures, your preschooler will have a great time as they practice recognizing letters and their sounds.

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

Create your own set of alphabet blocks: you can make just a few or all 26.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Use a digital camera and some simple drawing supplies to help your kindergartener make a personalized letter-sound book.

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Meant to be fun and inspiring, Oulipo N+7 challenges writers to create new writing, use language and enriches vocabulary, spelling and critical thinking.

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

This fun game helps to strengthen your kindergartener's speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!