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

Introduce your preschooler to patterns in this arts and craft activity that uses household materials to create and paint scratch prints.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

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.

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!

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.

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

Your preschooler will have a great time painting on a foil background to create a stunning, shiny work of art!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

This season, your child will make his very own candy cane decoration. He can make a bunch and put them all around your home!

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.

Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

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!

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.

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

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 alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.

Your child can count down the days until Christmas while giving Santa's beard a trim. This adorable project bolsters counting and number recognition skills.

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

In this activity, your kid will cut rectangles, circles and triangles to create a portrait of the jolliest man of them all: Santa Claus!

Reuse the tops of tissue boxes as photo frames for treasured family photos in this fun craft activity.

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.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

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