In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.

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 your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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!

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

Holiday thank you cards show friends and family that you appreciate them. Make a batch of holiday thank you cards with your child this winter.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

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

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

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

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.

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

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

This sunshiny art project is perfect for a rainy day and it helps preschoolers with fine motor skills.

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!