Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

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

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.

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

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

Introduce your preschooler to patterns in this arts and craft activity that uses household materials to create and paint scratch prints.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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!

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.

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

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

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

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.

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

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

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

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.

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.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child learn to cut on a line, practice fine motor control, and create a beautiful garland, too.

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

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!

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

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