Create clear sound shakers so your preschooler can observe and compare the different sounds that objects make!

This simple movement activity helps improve listening skills, as your child will be required to discriminate between sound and silence.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

Healthy eating may sound dull to kids, but it doesn't have to be boring. Add a little pizzazz to snack time by holding a snack hunt!

A fun activity for a hot day, this will give young kids a chance to experiment with beginning science and math â and splash around in the process!

Children who know the names and sounds of letters when they enter school, learn to read sooner. This activity uses a clothesline to work on alphabet sounds.

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.

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

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.

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.

In this activity, your child fills jars with water to learn about acoustics, and practices mixing colors to form a rainbow of colors and sounds.

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

In this activity, you will create a magical box to help your child learn her letter sounds. Here's how to play the Abracadabra learning game!

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.

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

Create your own set of alphabet blocks: you can make just a few or all 26.

This fun and educational Halloween craft is a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday while building your child's letter and phonics skills.

This activity uses the signs and words kids see around them every day, to create a book they can read on their own.

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!

Help your child develop her letter recognition skills throughout the week leading up to Valentineâs Day with this simple activity.

There's no need to hunt down a cactus for this rainstick craft. In fact, you can recycle items you probably already have on hand.

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

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

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Hereâs a surefire way to get your kids practicing their ABCs. Create an edible alphabet out of marshmallows and toothpicks.

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

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

In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.