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.

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.

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

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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!