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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

In this activity, your kid will cut rectangles, circles and triangles to create a portrait of the jolliest man of them all: Santa Claus!

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

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

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

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

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.

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

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!

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!