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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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!

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!

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

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.

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