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.

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

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.

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

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

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.

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.

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

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

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