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.

Batik is a fabric dying technique usually done with hot wax. This flour-and-water method is kid-safe and easy, and it creates beautiful batik designs.

When your child is itching for a game, consider ditching Hide and Seek in favor of Shape and Seek. Here's how it works:

Try this simple preschool arts and crafts activity: make a plaster of Paris sculpture in a plastic sandwich bag!

Help your kid make beautiful coin rubbings to decorate a fun treasure box.

Here's a tasty way to give your child some counting practice.

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

Here's Twist 'N Turn: let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener be outside and active while learning about shapes, colors, directions, and word recognition.

Try this preschool arts and crafts activity: make an over-sized stuffed plaything out of butcher paper and wadded-up newspaper.

Help your child learn the language of mathematics through cupcakes with this fun counting activity.

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

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

Your preschooler can learn about texture by recycling old containers and lids.

Help your preschooler to create this artful reminder of home for the first days of school. Using family photos your child can collage a memento of home.

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

Here's a preschool color collage activity to help your child work on their sorting skills, and create a beautiful addition to the refrigerator gallery.

Design a fruit-inspired artwork using paints, paper plates, and real watermelon seeds in this seasonal craft project!

As your child plays photographer, snapping pictures around the yard, he'll also be practicing recognizing letter sounds, which will help him learn to read.

Help your child hunt and capture bugs to observe to practice important science skills and satisfy her curiosity simultaneously!

It can feel good to hit something when you're mad. The more your child pounds, squeezes, and mashes this dough, the better these play dough cookies will taste!

Kids get innovative as they mix their own colors then make a painting with the new shades of color they've created.

On a sunny day, make some great art and start a conversation about states of matter in the process with this chalk paint project.

Let your child play with scissors! Put them to work, creating a book that will keep them busy, and help them practice their letters, too.

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

Boost your preschooler's math and verbal skills by having her participate in simple, fun activities that teach her how to sort, count, and categorize objects.

Here's an activity to inspire your preschooler to learn to recognize numbers and count than by using fun and funky rubber stamps to make her own flashcards!

Use simple items like clothespins and yarn to craft these adorable little dolls. They're fun to make and even more fun to play with!

Get active at home by pretending to be different animals! Use this fun and engaging activity to move your body, get silly, and practice gross motor skills.