Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

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

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

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.

Using homemade felt alphabet letters and 26 colorful pictures, your preschooler will have a great time as they practice recognizing letters and their sounds.

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.

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

Build a peek-a-boo book and give your child a fun vocabulary and reading boost, on the fly!

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!

Boost your child's early literacy skills and create alphabet tiles she can play and practice with - great reinforcement for ABC's, phonics and writing!

Your little one can welcome the reindeer with an adorable reindeer portrait all while learning the difference between small, medium and large.

Make a textured name plate to hang on your preschooler's door!

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

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

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

In this activity, your kid will cut rectangles, circles and triangles to create a portrait of the jolliest man of them all: Santa Claus!

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.

Your preschooler will have a great time painting on a foil background to create a stunning, shiny work of art!

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.

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

This activity turns kids into word detectives - scouring their way through documents in search of their prey.

Your child can count down the days until Christmas while giving Santa's beard a trim. This adorable project bolsters counting and number recognition skills.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

Make a fuzzy bear with your kindergartener to build up early reading skills and introduce her to phonics.

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.

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

Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!