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 preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

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

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.

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

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