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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.

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.

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

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

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

Your child will "catch" snowballs with each correct math equation she can answer correctly. If she solves a problem correctly, she gets to keep the snowballs.

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

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

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

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

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."

This first grade addition math game helps your child use critical thinking skills while practicing his computation.

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.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

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

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

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

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

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

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!