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It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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