Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

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.

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

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.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

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

Here's a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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

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.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

This fun game helps to strengthen your kindergartener's speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.

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.

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.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

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

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!

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

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

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!

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