Early Childhood Print Activities

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

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

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

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

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

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

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!

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.

While you are waiting for the real stuff, this activity lets your child play in pretend "snow" while practicing reading skills and learning about magnets.

Make your own personalized set of letter flash cards to get him thinking about the alphabet while boosting his fine motor skills in the process.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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.