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

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

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!

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.

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

Here's a fun activity that will help your child learn to cut on a line, practice fine motor control, and create a beautiful garland, 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!

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

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.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

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!

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

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

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

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

Help your preschooler craft her very own announcement to celebrate the special transition to "big kids" school!

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

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

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

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

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

Help your preschooler celebrate his big day by crafting a special, sparkly diploma frame to celebrate his achievement!

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