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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

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

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

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.

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

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