You and your child will enjoy this humorous story, with lively illustrations, about a little boy’s first day of school with his mischievous little mouse.

This activity gives your child practice with both beginning writing and phonological awareness. As you say a word in a funny way, your child will figure out the word and draw a picture to represent it.

This activity helps build your five-year-old's beginning writing skills. Next time you plan dinner, get your child involved in creating name tents for the table.

In this activity, your child will learn to use objects to visually represent the sounds in words. In order to become strong readers and spellers, children must learn to segment and blend individual sounds in words.

Your child will enjoy this beautifully descriptive story, learning new vocabulary words on every page. The detailed illustrations will take you through each of the four seasons.

In this book, Lita Judge uses kid-friendly text and seriously silly illustrations to put dinosaurs next to modern animals so that children can see exactly how they compare. A fold-out chart at the end of the book compares the sizes of all the dinosaurs.

Stimulate your child’s vocabulary and conversation skills by playing this guessing game.

Help your child create her own book showcasing some of her favorite things. She will be both the author and the illustrator for this book (with your help, of course!).

Activities and experiences with rhyme and alliteration help children become more sensitive to the sounds of language. In this activity, your child will combine her knowledge of rhyme and beginning sounds to begin to write rhyming words.