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

Your little one can welcome the reindeer with an adorable reindeer portrait all while learning the difference between small, medium and large.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

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!

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

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!

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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

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

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!

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

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

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.

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

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

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