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

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!

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.

This season, your child will make his very own candy cane decoration. He can make a bunch and put them all around your home!

Help your kindergartener practice letter strokes while experimenting with the painting style of the great artist Mondrian.

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

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

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.

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

Your child can count down the days until Christmas while giving Santa's beard a trim. This adorable project bolsters counting and number recognition skills.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

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.

Help your preschooler celebrate his big day by crafting a special, sparkly diploma frame to celebrate his achievement!

This sunshiny art project is perfect for a rainy day and it helps preschoolers with fine motor skills.

Introduce your child to the symbols of fall with this easy-to-make matching game that will hone observational skills and increase your kid's attention span.

Want to make number skills second nature to your preschooler? Try these cheerful, "sunny" number flash cards!

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

Help your preschooler craft her very own announcement to celebrate the special transition to "big kids" school!

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 you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

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.

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

Reuse the tops of tissue boxes as photo frames for treasured family photos in this fun craft activity.

Create a glamorous yet easy-to-store puppet stage for your preschooler or pre-kindergartener!

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

Build a peek-a-boo book and give your child a fun vocabulary and reading boost, on the fly!

Hereâs a surefire way to get your kids practicing their ABCs. Create an edible alphabet out of marshmallows and toothpicks.

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.