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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

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