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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

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

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

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.

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

Build a peek-a-boo book and give your child a fun vocabulary and reading boost, on the fly!

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

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

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.