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.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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

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!

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

Combine a recycling craft with ABC practice with this homemade foam craft idea.

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.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

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

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

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!

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!

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

Help your child develop her letter recognition skills throughout the week leading up to Valentineâs Day with this simple activity.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Kids love to hear about themselves. And reading about themselves is even better! This personal yearbook will let them record all their important facts.

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

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

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

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.

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

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