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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

Here's an adorable kindergarten refrigerator magnet that celebrates the glories of the letter "B" and benefits your early reader.

Let your child play with scissors! Put them to work, creating a book that will keep them busy, and help them practice their letters, too.

Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!

While kids learn when they can see or hear, they learn better when they can touch, too! Get your preschooler's fingers walking the alphabet today!

Combine a recycling craft with ABC practice with this homemade foam craft idea.

This activity turns kids into word detectives - scouring their way through documents in search of their prey.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

Make a fuzzy bear with your kindergartener to build up early reading skills and introduce her to phonics.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

This fun and educational Halloween craft is a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday while building your child's letter and phonics skills.