Search Preschool Reading & Writing Hands-on Activities

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

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

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.

In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

Here's a fun activity that will help your child learn to cut on a line, practice fine motor control, and create a beautiful garland, too.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

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

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

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.

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.

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

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

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

Kids love to hear about themselves. And reading about themselves is even better! This personal yearbook will let them record all their important facts.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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