Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

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.

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his math facts mastery leap forward!

Make your own play dough at home with a fruity scent using this easy activity!

Help your kindergartener make and play a "Hop On Pop"-inspired card game--a fun way to learn word families!

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

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

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

What’s the best part of fall? Pumpkins! Use this easy recipe to help your child make some delicious smelling pumpkin play dough. They can use their math skills to measure and mix and then have hours of fun playing!

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

While building his own croquet set, your kindergartener will use both his math an fine motor skills and as he plays he'll improve his hand-eye coordination.

This simple game isn't just a diversion, it teaches your child to identify the incorrect word within a familiar verse.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

This time-based word builder is the perfect way to boost your child's vocabulary. Mix and match letters to see how many words she can come up with!

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

Play a sing-a-long Bingo game with your kindergartener's favorite songs to help her build her concentration and memory skills while she has fun!

Playing doctor is not only fun, it's also a way to teach kids about the parts of the body and how they are spelled.

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

This hunting game is just as fun outdoors as it is inside. And while they'll never suspect they're learning, it helps kids develop listening skills, too!

The objectives of this classic game are to toss a marker onto each square, to hop onto the single squares, and to skip the square where the marker landed.

Help your child see numbers three ways with this simple grab-and-go game, great for quick practice in the car.

Before hitting the road this summer, arm yourself with Straight Face, a game guaranteed to turn bored frowns into happy grins and giggles.