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

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

Use a digital camera and some simple drawing supplies to help your kindergartener make a personalized letter-sound book.

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.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Help your child develop her letter recognition skills throughout the week leading up to Valentineâs Day with this simple activity.

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.

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!

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.

This fun and educational Halloween craft is a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday while building your child's letter and phonics skills.

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 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.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

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

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.

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

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.