Handwriting Activities : Page 2

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

Build a peek-a-boo book and give your child a fun vocabulary and reading boost, on the fly!

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

Boost your child's early literacy skills and create alphabet tiles she can play and practice with - great reinforcement for ABC's, phonics and writing!

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Make your own personalized set of letter flash cards to get him thinking about the alphabet while boosting his fine motor skills in the process.

Your little one can welcome the reindeer with an adorable reindeer portrait all while learning the difference between small, medium and large.

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.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

Kids love to hear about themselves. And reading about themselves is even better! This personal yearbook will let them record all their important facts.

Help your preschooler craft her very own announcement to celebrate the special transition to "big kids" school!

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

Your child can count down the days until Christmas while giving Santa's beard a trim. This adorable project bolsters counting and number recognition skills.

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

While you are waiting for the real stuff, this activity lets your child play in pretend "snow" while practicing reading skills and learning about magnets.

In this activity, your kid will cut rectangles, circles and triangles to create a portrait of the jolliest man of them all: Santa Claus!

Create a glamorous yet easy-to-store puppet stage for your preschooler or pre-kindergartener!

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

This season, your child will make his very own candy cane decoration. He can make a bunch and put them all around your home!

Help your kindergartener practice letter strokes while experimenting with the painting style of the great artist Mondrian.

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

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.

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

Help your preschooler celebrate his big day by crafting a special, sparkly diploma frame to celebrate his achievement!

Hereâs a surefire way to get your kids practicing their ABCs. Create an edible alphabet out of marshmallows and toothpicks.

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

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