Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

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

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

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

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

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

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

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

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

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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

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:

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.

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

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.

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