Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

Help your kindergartener make and play a "Hop On Pop"-inspired card game--a fun way to learn word families!

In this arts and crafts activity, boost your kindergartener's letter recognition and reading skills by helping her create a paper word quilt.

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

Picking words out can be tricky. In this early reading activity, your child will place letter markers on a grid to make words appear out of the jumble.

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!

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

This fall-themed missing letter activity is a great way to help your child learn the alphabet, build their vocabulary and bolster letter recognition skills.

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

This simple game isn't just a diversion, it teaches your child to identify the incorrect word within a familiar verse.

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

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

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

Duct tape doesn't only fix household problems, it also fixes the "I'm bored"s in this art activity.

Your child will enjoy getting math practice as they use bugs in addition and subtraction problems.

Here's Twist 'N Turn: let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener be outside and active while learning about shapes, colors, directions, and word recognition.

Put your kid in charge of her own survey! She'll poll her relatives and friends, collect information, and then create a colorful chart to display her findings.

Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.

Got a shoelace? Got a kindergartener? Help your child learn to use the number line by creating one out of a lace.

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

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

This reading activity combines some of the most common sight words with a pictograph puzzle that's sure to keep your kindergartener engaged.

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

This activity uses the signs and words kids see around them every day, to create a book they can read on their own.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

These bean bag games are a fun and inexpensive way to keep your child learning! Work on social skills, coordination, math, or even spelling!