These activities from PBS Kids will help your toddler develop basic concepts, such as counting and shape recognition, as well as visual and motor skills related to learning to read and write. Your toddler will love doing these activities featuring PBS Kids TV characters with a parent or older sibling. Remember that toddlers may only be able to work on activities for a few minutes, so keep sessions short.

Barney & Friends: Colors, Numbers & Shapes
Help Barney match colors, numbers and shapes

Barney & Friends: Imagination Castle
Build a castle with your aspiring architect. No hammer required.

Barney & Friends: Barney's Music Game
Turn up the volume! Your child will love this virtual xylophone.

Caillou: Dress Caillou
You and your toddler can help Caillou get dressed by picking out his clothes.

Caillou: Match the Flowers
You and your toddler can help Caillou match up butterflies.

Caillou: Find Gilbert
Help your toddler find Gilbert, Rexy, and Teddy in a series of pictures.

Jay Jay: Hide and Seek with Jay Jay the Jet Plane
Click on the pictures that match Jay Jay's and his friends' shapes.

Jay Jay: Big Jake's Storybook
You and your toddler can enjoy listening to Jay Jay characters reading a storybook.

Use the PBS Parents Activity Search to find MORE reading and writing projects, games, and stories.