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

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

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

Picnic getting boring? Here's a fun game that gets the kids moving around, and doing a little addition while they're at it.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

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

Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.

This variation on the game of tag combines exercise, teamwork, and a little friendly trickery.

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

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

Entertain your next batch of energetic youngsters with a Halloween-inspired candy hunt!

The next time you're trapped indoors on a dreary day, try this take on dodgeball. All you need are a group of kids, an open area and a soft, spongy ball.

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

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a few riotous rounds of Hot Potato--played with a real potato!

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.

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

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

Use old coffee cans and socks to make a beanbag toss game for kids in preschool and kindergarten. This activity is great for math and coordination.

If you have a young child who loves physical stunts, try making these coffee-can stilts for backyard fun.

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

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

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your kindergartener by playing an alphabet balloon volley game inspired by "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss.

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

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

At your next party, play this amped-up version of hot potato that comes with a prize!

Develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day with this fun kindergarten activity.

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!