Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

Play Tip It, a silly and rowdy game that kids love!

Help your child learn about the various elements of a story by creating a play based on her favorite picture book.

Play food isn't just for preschoolers! Help your child create a fun Passover craft that doubles as tea-party play food for younger siblings.

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

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.

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his math facts mastery leap forward!

Make your own play dough at home with a fruity scent using this easy activity!

Help your kindergartener make and play a "Hop On Pop"-inspired card game--a fun way to learn word families!

Invite your first grader to play this subtraction sacks game to get her actively involved in understanding and memorizing subtraction facts.

Instead of drilling facts, grab sidewalk chalk and head outside for a rousing game of this Math Run game. Play the Math Run game with your child.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

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

If your child is hungry to work on his sewing skills, put together a plate of this felt play food ravioli.

What’s the best part of fall? Pumpkins! Use this easy recipe to help your child make some delicious smelling pumpkin play dough. They can use their math skills to measure and mix and then have hours of fun playing!

Here's a quick and easy recipe for homemade play dough that doesn't involve any cooking! This bright and colorful modeling clay makes a great instant toy!

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

Is your kid struggling with number recognition? Here's a great way to go fishing for numbers that will feel more like play than counting practice.

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

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

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Serve up this pretend play activity to your preschooler to give her counting skills a healthy boost.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

While building his own croquet set, your kindergartener will use both his math an fine motor skills and as he plays he'll improve his hand-eye coordination.

Here's Twist 'N Turn: let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener be outside and active while learning about shapes, colors, directions, and word recognition.