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

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

This fun and educational Halloween craft is a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday while building your child's letter and phonics skills.

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

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

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

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.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

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

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.

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!

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Your child can count down the days until Christmas while giving Santa's beard a trim. This adorable project bolsters counting and number recognition skills.

Want to make number skills second nature to your preschooler? Try these cheerful, "sunny" number flash cards!

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

Your preschooler will have a great time painting on a foil background to create a stunning, shiny work of art!

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

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.

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.

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.

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!