In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.

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

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

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

Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

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!

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

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!

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.

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

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!

Make a textured name plate to hang on your preschooler's door!

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

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

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.

This season, your child will make his very own candy cane decoration. He can make a bunch and put them all around your home!

Create a glamorous yet easy-to-store puppet stage for your preschooler or pre-kindergartener!

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

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

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

In this activity, your kid will cut rectangles, circles and triangles to create a portrait of the jolliest man of them all: Santa Claus!

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.

While kids learn when they can see or hear, they learn better when they can touch, too! Get your preschooler's fingers walking the alphabet today!

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!

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!

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

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

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

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.