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

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.

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

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

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.