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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Make a fuzzy bear with your kindergartener to build up early reading skills and introduce her to phonics.

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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Want to make number skills second nature to your preschooler? Try these cheerful, "sunny" number flash cards!

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

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

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

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:

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Your child can count down the days until Christmas while giving Santa's beard a trim. This adorable project bolsters counting and number recognition skills.

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.

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.

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

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.