If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

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.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

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

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!

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.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

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!

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

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

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

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

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

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

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

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

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

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.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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

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.