Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

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

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

With these days of the week flip flaps, your child has the chance to explore days of the week, track special and routine activities, and practice writing time.

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.

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.

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!

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

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.

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

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.

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.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

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

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

Introduce your child to the symbols of fall with this easy-to-make matching game that will hone observational skills and increase your kid's attention span.

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

This sunshiny art project is perfect for a rainy day and it helps preschoolers with fine motor skills.

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

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Help your preschooler craft her very own announcement to celebrate the special transition to "big kids" school!

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

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