Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

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.

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

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

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

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

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

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

Make a fuzzy bear with your kindergartener to build up early reading skills and introduce her to phonics.

This activity turns kids into word detectives - scouring their way through documents in search of their prey.

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

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

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

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

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

Here's an adorable kindergarten refrigerator magnet that celebrates the glories of the letter "B" and benefits your early reader.

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

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

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

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

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

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

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

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

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.

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.