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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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!

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

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

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.

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.

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

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

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

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.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

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

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

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

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.

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