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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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!

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