Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

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

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

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.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

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

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

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.

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

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

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

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

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.

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.

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

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.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

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!

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.