Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

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

Your little one can welcome the reindeer with an adorable reindeer portrait all while learning the difference between small, medium and large.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Your preschooler will have a great time painting on a foil background to create a stunning, shiny work of art!

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

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.

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

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

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!

Help your child learn about the various elements of a story by creating a play based on her favorite picture book.

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.

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

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.