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

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

Your little one can welcome the reindeer with an adorable reindeer portrait all while learning the difference between small, medium and large.

In this activity, your kid will cut rectangles, circles and triangles to create a portrait of the jolliest man of them all: Santa Claus!

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

Kids love to hear about themselves. And reading about themselves is even better! This personal yearbook will let them record all their important facts.

This season, your child will make his very own candy cane decoration. He can make a bunch and put them all around your home!

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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!

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

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:

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

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.

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

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.