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

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

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

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.

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

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!

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.

In this activity, you will create a magical box to help your child learn her letter sounds. Here's how to play the Abracadabra learning game!

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

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

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

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

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

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.

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

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!

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!