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

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

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

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.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

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

Play Number Dash with your preschooler and help them learn to identify numbers, write numbers and learn about organized play.

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

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

When it comes to working kids' muscles, nothing beats an obstacle course! Here are some easy ideas for creating your own course at home.

This copying game is like a hopped up version of Simon Says, but it lets kids use their bodies to practice patterning, a key skill in early math.

This circle game practices patterning and flexes your child's memory.

Preschoolers need to practice hopping, skipping, and other "gross motor" skills. Why not make it fun by challenging them to move like their favorite animals?

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

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.

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!

Celebrate your little one's move to big kid school by throwing a very special graduation party complete with friends, crafts, and lots of energetic fun.

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!

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

This variation on the classic group game "Mother, May I?" can be played with one or more child and involves continual participation.

Does your child have trouble holding a pencil? Is writing an excruciating task? The key is to build up those hand muscles! This water relay race can help.

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!

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

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

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

The next time your kids are pent up inside because of bad weather, try hosting a Balloon Olympics!

Build memory and motor skills with this musical movement game!

In this activity your little one will throw a beanbag at a numbered target to help improve their number recognition skills.

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

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