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.

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.

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

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!

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

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!

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

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.

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.

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

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.