Branch Out: Create an Alphabet Tree
Help your child to begin a life long love of the printed word by connecting simple letter recognition exercises with alphabet trees!
Play with Words: A Pretend Bakery Game
If your child loves to play pretend, and needs practice with letters, get cooking with this activity! Not only is it playful fun, but it builds key reading skills.
Make An Alligator and Learn About the Letter A
Make a big green alligator out of household items, while helping your kindergartener practice letters and sounds!
Fish Me a Word
Want to help your child learn how to read? Put down the books and pick up the fishing rod! This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!
Plant Your Name with Seeds
Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious kids. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a green growing and writing activity!
Crazy Eights With Word Families!
Make and play a Crazy Eights-inspired card game with your kindergartner to help boost her understanding of phonics and word families.
Play Alphabet Tag
Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.
Make an Alphabet Memory Game
Learning the alphabet and letter sounds is extra fun if you play a game that you and your child made together! This game is very inexpensive to make and allows your child to practice using scissors and glue.
Practice Story-Telling with Fairy Tale Dice
Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your child to weave fantastic fairy tales! Not only will this help your child learn about story sequencing, but he'll also get practice building up his reading and writing skills.
Games for the Grocery Store
Few places are as dense with words as an ordinary grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid in tow, turn the trip on its head. Make it a reading adventure! Here are five ideas to get you started:
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