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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.

Here's a fun activity to get your kindergarten child to listen to beginning alphabet sounds and match them with their letter symbols.

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.

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

Create clear sound shakers so your preschooler can observe and compare the different sounds that objects make!

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

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

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

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 child fills jars with water to learn about acoustics, and practices mixing colors to form a rainbow of colors and sounds.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

In this activity, your child will learn and practice mindfulness by using their senses to focus on one thing at a time.

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!

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

There's no need to hunt down a cactus for this rainstick craft. In fact, you can recycle items you probably already have on hand.

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

Design a set of uppercase and lowercase alphabet cards, then use them to play memory and phonics games!

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

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

Your preschooler will master this quick and easy apple pizza recipe in no time! Bread, butter, cheese, and apples make a healthy alternative to greasy pizza.

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

Kids in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school will love turning flower pots into homemade musical instruments in this fun and simple activity.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

This reading activity combines some of the most common sight words with a pictograph puzzle that's sure to keep your kindergartener engaged.

Combine a recycling craft with ABC practice with this homemade foam craft idea.