Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

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

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

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.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

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

Holiday thank you cards show friends and family that you appreciate them. Make a batch of holiday thank you cards with your child this winter.