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

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

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

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

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

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.

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!

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

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

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

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

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

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.