The ability to hear the sounds within words and blend them together will help your child when he needs to decode words while reading and spell words when writing. Use your everyday routines to practice this important skill.

Three-year-olds are growing rapidly in their language use. In this enjoyable game, you will be able to see your child’s progress in her understanding of spoken language.

This charming picture book by Jane Yolen with John Schoenherr’s beautiful watercolor illustrations is an engaging and touching story about the companionship of a young child and her father. The book is truly a verbal and visual treasure.

This book describes how a little girl named Sophie handles her anger at her sister. Through discussions of this book, you can help your child begin to answer the question: How can I express anger with causing harm to myself or others?

Children must develop fine motor skills to prepare them to be able to hold a pencil or marker to draw and write. This activity will give your child a chance to practice pincer control.

Many children learn through movement. In fact, many times you will not be able to stop your child from wiggling and moving. Take advantage of that energy while building in a little alphabet knowledge.

You can promote your child’s oral language skills by letting him “catch you” making an obvious mistake during everyday experiences.

In order to learn to read, children must become aware of the sound structure of spoken language. One way to develop this skill is to bring your child’s attention to the syllables that make up words.

This book compares personality characteristics and traits to a variety of animals as they all meld together to describe a delightful little boy, and showcases beautiful artwork, gentle rhyme and rhythm, and interesting characters to capture the imaginations of young minds.

This Caldecott Honor Book is about a grouchy fish who thinks his only purpose in life is to be glum and spread his “dreary-wearies” with everyone. But with the help of a special friend, he comes to find that this is not the case.