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

Like "Mother, May I?", this following directions tag game focuses on gross motor skills, but to the theme Itsy Bitsy Spider. Fun indoors or outside!

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

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

This circle game practices patterning and flexes your child's memory.

This improv exercise helps actors learn how to recover if another actor forgets their lines or goes off script, but it can also be a rainy day activity!

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

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

Have a blast celebrating the poetic prose of Dr. Seuss as you hop your way to better vocabulary and reading skills. Play Hop on Pop Hopscotch!

Here's a party game that's guaranteed to bring along lots of laughs. Kids get creative as they act out improve scenes with some help from an audience.

Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!

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

Horseshoes makes a perfect family activity for a summer afternoon. With a bit of cardboard and handful of pennies, you can create your own set!

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

Your children will squeal with delight when they discover all the mishaps that come about after a visit from the leprechaun.

Improve your kindergartener's vocabulary with this fun, quick, and simple improvisation activity! He'll love acting while practicing directionality words.

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.

Try turning the evening ritual of asking about your kid's school day into a challenging game that consists of twenty questions.

This hunting game is just as fun outdoors as it is inside. And while they'll never suspect they're learning, it helps kids develop listening skills, too!

What better way to raise awareness about the environment than with an eco-friendly Earth-themed party? Get your party started with this step-by-step guide.

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

Kids get to play mad scientist in this wacky drawing game that's a great way to help kids to mellow out after the high-energy antics of recess.

When it comes to working kids' muscles, nothing beats an obstacle course! Here are some easy ideas for creating your own course at home.

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

Looking for something to do on a slow afternoon? Try cornhole, a simple and fun tossing game. Make your own set with a few things from the recycling bin.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

This copying game is like a hopped up version of Simon Says, but it lets kids use their bodies to practice patterning, a key skill in early math.

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