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.

Use this fun spin-off of Bingo to help your child practice number recognition and listening skills!

Strengthen your child's number recognition skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

In this fun experiment, learn about brand awareness and the influence of media on children by testing logo recognition in different age groups.

Make use of your family's leftover Christmas cards and wrapping paper with a colorful letter craft activity!

Teach your kid a lesson about recycling by helping him create a letter holder out of an old cardboard box.

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

Is your fifth grader trying overnight camp this summer? If so, prepare your child for writing a letter home with this activity!

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

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging them to write a letter to the U.S. president.

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

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

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

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.

Help your child reinforce the order of the alphabet with this hands-on activity using some everyday materials. It's a fun way to put a spin on a timeless skill.

Help your child master shape recognition by creating some funky topiary trees.

This arts and crafts activity will help your kindergartener with shape and color recognition.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Help your kindergartener practice his shape recognition and develop his fine motor skills by making a scarecrow at home.

Here's a math game for your preschooler or kindergartener that'll make number recognition as easy as a pizza pie!

Your child will have a blast developing their fine motor skills and working on shape recognition with this bright and cheery crab decoration.

This turkey hand activity will help your child practice patterns and number recognition, key concepts that she'll encounter throughout your child's academic career.

This St. Patrick's-themed color game reinforces your kindergartener's recognition of green objects, and also gives her reading and listening skills a work out.

This heart paper chain is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Include some decorations in a simple AB pattern and work on pattern recognition.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Cut up some shapes and make this cute letter A alligator with your child, and they'll always remember the first letter of the alphabet!