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

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!

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

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

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

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

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

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.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!