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.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

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

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

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

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

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

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

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