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.

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

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

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.

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

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 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.

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

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.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

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

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.