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

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

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

Using homemade felt alphabet letters and 26 colorful pictures, your preschooler will have a great time as they practice recognizing letters and their sounds.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Create your own set of alphabet blocks: you can make just a few or all 26.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

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.

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.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

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.

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

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

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

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

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

Make a fuzzy bear with your kindergartener to build up early reading skills and introduce her to phonics.

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.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.