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!

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

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

This sunshiny art project is perfect for a rainy day and it helps preschoolers with fine motor skills.

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

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

Make your own personalized set of letter flash cards to get him thinking about the alphabet while boosting his fine motor skills in the process.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child learn to cut on a line, practice fine motor control, and create a beautiful garland, too.

Combine a recycling craft with ABC practice with this homemade foam craft idea.

Introduce your child to the symbols of fall with this easy-to-make matching game that will hone observational skills and increase your kid's attention span.

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:

While you are waiting for the real stuff, this activity lets your child play in pretend "snow" while practicing reading skills and learning about magnets.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

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.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

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.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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

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

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!

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.

Reuse the tops of tissue boxes as photo frames for treasured family photos in this fun craft activity.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Create a glamorous yet easy-to-store puppet stage for your preschooler or pre-kindergartener!