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!

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.

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.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

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

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

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

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

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!

Reuse the tops of tissue boxes as photo frames for treasured family photos in this fun craft activity.

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.

Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

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

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

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.

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.

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

In this activity, your kid will cut rectangles, circles and triangles to create a portrait of the jolliest man of them all: Santa Claus!

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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