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

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!

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

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

Design a set of uppercase and lowercase alphabet cards, then use them to play memory and phonics games!

Use two toilet paper rolls to make a pair of homemade binoculars and let the games begin. Here's how:

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

Here are some ideas for marshmallow math games you can play with your child to help teach him important concepts like estimation, area, and measurement.

Does your child love Roly, the orange cat from our Brainzy games? Create the perfect dress-up costume and bring your child’s dreams to life!

This variation on the classic group game "Mother, May I?" can be played with one or more child and involves continual participation.

The next time your kids are pent up inside because of bad weather, try hosting a Balloon Olympics!

Does your child love toy cars? Here’s a terrific way for them to play with their toy cars and practice number recognition skills at the same time.

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

This do-it-anywhere guessing game helps reinforce number concepts. And it's a blast to play.

This unique twist on bingo is a great outside game that gives kids spelling and color practice, and it's lots of fun, too!

Play Number Dash with your preschooler and help them learn to identify numbers, write numbers and learn about organized play.

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.

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

In this activity, you'll find out an easy way to make your own pretend potato -- out of an old pair of stockings!

A plastic tray is the perfect tool to teach your little one how to count. Try out this activity, and your child will have her numbers down in no time.

Here's a fun activity to get your kindergarten child to listen to beginning alphabet sounds and match them with their letter symbols.

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.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

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.

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

Here's a tasty way to give your child some counting practice.

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

This simple movement activity helps improve listening skills, as your child will be required to discriminate between sound and silence.

Your kid and his friends will have a blast taking turns playing the role of a traffic cop in this Labor Day version of the classic game Red Light, Green Light.