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

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

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

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!

Summer is a good time to teach children about other kinds of community helpers, such as lifeguards, forest rangers, and librarians. This activity is a fun way to get them introduced!

This variation on the classic group game "Mother, May I?" can be played with one or more child and involves continual participation.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers: try finger painting with corn syrup and food coloring to make bright, colorful works of art.

Does your child love toy cars? Here’s a terrific way for them to play with their toy cars and practice number recognition skills at the same time.

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

This do-it-anywhere guessing game helps reinforce number concepts. And it's a blast to play.

Play Number Dash with your preschooler and help him learn to identify numbers, write numbers and learn about organized play.

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

In this activity, you'll find out an easy way to make your own pretend potato -- out of an old pair of stockings!

A plastic tray is the perfect tool to teach your little one how to count. Try out this activity, and your child will have her numbers down in no time.

Your child will have a blast developing their fine motor skills and working on shape recognition with this bright and cheery crab decoration.

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.

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.

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!

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

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

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

Your kid and his friends will have a blast taking turns playing the role of a traffic cop in this Labor Day version of the classic game Red Light, Green Light.

Boost shape recognition with this matching game where your child will pair up sticks to create simple shapes.

In this leap frog activity, your child will use her muscles to jump over her friends and onto lily pads as she practices number recognition.

Serve up this pretend play activity to your preschooler to give her counting skills a healthy boost.

Your little preschool elf will develop some important fine motor skills while creating an entertaining game: Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree!

In this game, your child and his friends will need to use their observational skills as they try to figure out who's got the peanut!

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

Try this new twist to the traditional memory game to help your learner match number symbols to the correct quantity while sharpening their memory skills!