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

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

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.

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

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!

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

Help your preschooler combine a lesson about numbers with a silly, snowy game of hopscotch.

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

Let your child help you create a fire escape plan poster to hang in the house in case of an emergency!

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with this outdoor group ball game that's similar to Four Square.

Teach your child about the importance of Labor Day by helping her learn about the different hats that are worn by workers in various occupations.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

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!

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.

It's easy to turn old magazines into a fast-and-furious finding game that's both fun and educational for kids.

Use empty soda bottles to create a fun bowling set that helps your first grader practice addition skills!

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

Little kids love this messy but fun Easter party game: bob for chocolate Easter eggs in a giant blob of whipped cream. The first one to find all her eggs wins!

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

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

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your first grader by playing a pink crepe paper racing game inspired by Dr. Seuss's book "The Cat in the Hat Come Back."

Orchestrate a Cupid's arrow tossing game among your child and his friends. This fun game cultivates important motor skills and hand-eye coordination, too.

A car game for road trips with children.

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."