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!

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

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.

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

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:

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.

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

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.

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!

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

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

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

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!

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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 turns kids into word detectives - scouring their way through documents in search of their prey.

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

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.

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

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

Build a peek-a-boo book and give your child a fun vocabulary and reading boost, on the fly!

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

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.

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