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Have the kids use sidewalk chalk to draw portraits of their family and, in the process, learn about familial relationships.

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

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

Boost your child's listening, verbal and teamwork skills with this unique trust game in which one player guides another through a maze using only words.

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

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!

These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.

Catch the dance mash fever with this catchy and foot-tapping activity that's all about movement and Halloween fun!

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

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

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!

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

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

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!

If you have a young child who loves physical stunts, try making these coffee-can stilts for backyard fun.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a few riotous rounds of Hot Potato--played with a real potato!

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

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.

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

Give your child a chance to feel like important airport personnel and learn a whole host of skills while he's at it!

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

Take the classic game to a new level, by including super fun directions inside the chalk-drawn boxes.

Your kids will love this tradition of finding a leprechaun's gold hidden all over.

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

Introduce your youngster to this Japanese version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

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

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.