Early Childhood Phonics Activities

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

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.

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.

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

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

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

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.

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

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

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

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

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

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.

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

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.

This fun and educational Halloween craft is a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday while building your child's letter and phonics skills.

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

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.

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.

In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Use a digital camera and some simple drawing supplies to help your kindergartener make a personalized letter-sound 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.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

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!

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

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

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