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.

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

Help your kid make beautiful coin rubbings to decorate a fun treasure box.

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.

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.

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

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

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

This activity uses the signs and words kids see around them every day, to create a book they can read on their own.

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

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

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

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.

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

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

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!

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.

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

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

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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

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