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

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

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

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.

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!

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 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.

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

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

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.

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

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.

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.

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

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

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.

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.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

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

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

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