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Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

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.

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

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

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

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

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.

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

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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

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

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.

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.

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

Here's a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

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

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

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

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

This fun game helps to strengthen your kindergartener's speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.

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 learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

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!