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

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

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 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 activity uses the signs and words kids see around them every day, to create a book they can read on their own.

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

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

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

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

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

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

Reuse the tops of tissue boxes as photo frames for treasured family photos in this fun craft activity.

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

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!

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

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

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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