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

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.

In this activity, you will create a magical box to help your child learn her letter sounds. Here's how to play the Abracadabra learning game!

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.

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

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.

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

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

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.

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.

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

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

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

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

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

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

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

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

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

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.