Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

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.

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.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child learn to cut on a line, practice fine motor control, and create a beautiful garland, too.

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.

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.

Introduce your child to the symbols of fall with this easy-to-make matching game that will hone observational skills and increase your kid's attention span.

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

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.

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

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

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

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

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

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

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

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

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

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

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!

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

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!

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.

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

Want to make number skills second nature to your preschooler? Try these cheerful, "sunny" number flash cards!

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

Your preschooler will have a great time painting on a foil background to create a stunning, shiny work of art!