Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

This year, celebrate Father's Day with three hilarious outdoor family games.

Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your kindergartener by playing an alphabet balloon volley game inspired by "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

Picnic getting boring? Here's a fun game that gets the kids moving around, and doing a little addition while they're at it.

Exponents can be tricky to learn. Fortunately this game provides plenty of multiplication practice for your math student!

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

Entertain your next batch of energetic youngsters with a Halloween-inspired candy hunt!

Competitors go head-to-head only this time it's a race to figure out the lowest common multiple of two numbers; an important step to working with fractions!

Challenge your third grader and a few friends to teamwork and laughs with these boisterous indoor Christmas games.

Introduce your fifth grader to the Kinara, part of the Kwanzaa tradition, by playing this fast-paced, two player game!

Try a fun Mother's Day game for moms and kids to play together!

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Compare fractions in this two-player math game. The objective of the games is to work together to determine who has created the largest fraction.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Stuck inside on a rainy day? Teach your child a classic kid's game: Five Stones. All you need are five stones and a flat surface.

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

Use old coffee cans and socks to make a beanbag toss game for kids in preschool and kindergarten. This activity is great for math and coordination.

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

With this "tightrope" game, your child will practice balancing skills and gain experience with the directions forward, backward, and sideways.

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

This variation on the classic group game "Mother, May I?" can be played with one or more child and involves continual participation.

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

Next time your child says he's bored, suggest a game of Toe Fencing! It's a silly and physical game that can be played anywhere, any time.