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

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:

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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

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