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.

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

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

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

This fun and educational Halloween craft is a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday while building your child's letter and phonics skills.

Play the fridge magnet name game with your preschooler to help prepare her for kindergarten reading and writing.

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

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

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.

Using homemade felt alphabet letters and 26 colorful pictures, your preschooler will have a great time as they practice recognizing letters and their sounds.

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.

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

How do you spell fun and learning? B-I-N-G-O! Children learn through play. And letter or number bingo is a great place to start.

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

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.

This activity turns kids into word detectives - scouring their way through documents in search of their prey.

Make a fuzzy bear with your kindergartener to build up early reading skills and introduce her to phonics.

Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!

Help your child develop her letter recognition skills throughout the week leading up to Valentineâs Day with this simple activity.

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

Let your child play with scissors! Put them to work, creating a book that will keep them busy, and help them practice their letters, too.

Boost your child's early literacy skills and create alphabet tiles she can play and practice with - great reinforcement for ABC's, phonics and writing!

As your child plays photographer, snapping pictures around the yard, he'll also be practicing recognizing letter sounds, which will help him learn to read.

In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

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.

Create your own set of alphabet blocks: you can make just a few or all 26.

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

Children who know the names and sounds of letters when they enter school, learn to read sooner. This activity uses a clothesline to work on alphabet 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.

In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.