Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

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

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.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

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.

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

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

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

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

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.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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.

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

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

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

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

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

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

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