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

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

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.

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

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, you will create a magical box to help your child learn her letter sounds. Here's how to play the Abracadabra learning game!

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 need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

How do you spell fun and learning? B-I-N-G-O! Children learn through play. And letter or number bingo is a great place to start.

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

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

Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

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

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

Play the fridge magnet name game with your preschooler to help prepare her for kindergarten reading and writing.

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!

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

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

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

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

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!

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

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

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

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

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!