Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

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

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.

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

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.

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

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

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

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:

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

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.

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

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

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.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

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.

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

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!

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

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

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