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!

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

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.

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

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Winter is a great time to create a textured polar bear. Not only will your child gain practice identifying shapes, they'll also work on fine motor skills.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

Play with, explore, and describe everyday objects with your preschooler to get her ready to learn basic math skills and concepts.

Teach your preschooler color recognition using this handy egg carton sorter. She will group objects by color and learn to recognize their names with this tool.

Here's a Halloween, math activity: have your preschooler or pre-kindergartener carve shapes into a Jack-O-Lantern face and boost her shape recognition skills.

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

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.

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!

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

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

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

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

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Tic-tac-toe is tons of fun, but the traditional version can get a little monotonous after a while. Mix it up and try this colorful outdoor version!

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

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

While kids learn when they can see or hear, they learn better when they can touch, too! Get your preschooler's fingers walking the alphabet today!

Try a 100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt with your preschooler, and send her on the search for objects of different colors!

This activity is a great way to practice sorting, counting, matching, and other early math skills--- on the fly.

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.