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

Turn printed family photos into a sturdy "flash card" game to help your child learn the names and faces of near and distant relatives.

Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

Petanque, a traditional French lawn game, is a wonderful activity to entertain groups of kids and help them learn a little bit about other cultures.

Here's a game your child is sure to love playing with her friends: French Cricket. Just grab a baseball bat and a tennis ball, and you're set.

Cool down this summer and stay active, too, with a wet clothes relay! 

Be an inspector detective for a day in this fun mystery game that puts your child's powers of observation to the test. Perfect for a party or group gathering.

Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this hands-on lesson in how all of us are more alike than different, especially on the inside.

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

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

Here's a guide to help you design a challenging pool obstacle course for your elementary school children with ordinary pool toys and household objects.

Why not change things up a bit with this fun way of making those loop-hole bunny ears that sit at the top of his sneakers.

The next time your kids are pent up inside because of bad weather, try hosting a Balloon Olympics!

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.

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!

This variation on the game of tag combines exercise, teamwork, and a little friendly trickery.

This fun geometry game requires players to use measurement, find perimeter, and draw polygons. It's great for a fourth grade math student!

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.

Play this fun game with your kindergarten or first grader. It's a great way to practice important math skills, including counting and addition.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Help your student memorize the vocabulary needed to excel in geometry. This fun Tic-Tac-Toe game focuses on terms used when working with circles.

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

Play a sing-a-long Bingo game with your kindergartener's favorite songs to help her build her concentration and memory skills while she has fun!

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

Host a dog wash to raise money for yourself, for charity, or just for fun!

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

It's easy to be a master Italian chef with this target practice game played with a pizza board constructed out of felt and Velcro bean bag "toppings."

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

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