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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!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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!

Help your kindergartener practice letter strokes while experimenting with the painting style of the great artist Mondrian.

While you are waiting for the real stuff, this activity lets your child play in pretend "snow" while practicing reading skills and learning about magnets.

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

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.

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

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.

Play the fridge magnet name game with your preschooler to help prepare her for kindergarten reading and writing.

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

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

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.

This sunshiny art project is perfect for a rainy day and it helps preschoolers with fine motor skills.

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 child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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

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.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

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.