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.

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.

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!

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

Introduce your preschooler to patterns in this arts and craft activity that uses household materials to create and paint scratch prints.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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

In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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.

Play the fridge magnet name game with your preschooler to help prepare her for kindergarten reading and writing.

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

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.

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

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

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!