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.

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

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

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.

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!

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

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!

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.

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

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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!

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

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

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

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

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.

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

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