Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

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

Let your fifth grader use his wits to challenge friends to complete their labyrinthine book of mazes!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

This Valentine's Day, promote strong hearts with an active relay that the whole family can enjoy! It's light on the wallet, but heavy on heart health.

Grab some rope and a couple of rafts and you're ready to play Rope Rush, an exciting race game for the pool!

This twist on the same old Hide and Seek is a great weekend or rainy-day activity.

Your child will be cheering for 8s and 9s as she tries to create a larger number than her competitors. Whoever ends up with the largest number wins!

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

Any St. Patrick's Day celebration is sure to involve mischief, treats, and a whole lot of green. This leprechaun game will add a little learning to the mix.

Use playing cards to learn about temperature as well as positive and negative integers in this fourth grade math game.

This zany guessing game asks your first grader to tap into her deductive reasoning skills to guess an activity or object.

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

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

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.

The ability to identify number patterns is one of the building blocks to success in higher-level math and this game is the perfect way to practice.

This is a simple, fast game that you and your child can make together to help him master rounding with decimals.

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.

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

What better way to remember the achievements of past U.S. Presidents than with a game of memory!

Help your child practice multiplication tables with this mental and physical multitasking game that uses a hula hoop to get into the swing of things.

Help your second grader make his own badminton set--out of your old pantyhose! He'll delight in his crafty independence, and you'll love saving money.

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.

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

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

This game is a great way to help your child remember the names of shapes. Give it a go and before you know it, your kid will have all her shapes down pat.

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

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

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!