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.

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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!

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

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.

Build a peek-a-boo book and give your child a fun vocabulary and reading boost, on the fly!

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

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

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

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:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

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.

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

Make your own personalized set of letter flash cards to get him thinking about the alphabet while boosting his fine motor skills in the process.

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

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

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.