Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

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

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

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

Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

Master reading numbers aloud with your first grader in this math card game.

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?

Here's Twist 'N Turn: let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener be outside and active while learning about shapes, colors, directions, and word recognition.

Treasure hunts are tons of fun and they're a great way to introduce maps. Set the stage, and your kid's imagination will do the rest.

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.

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 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.

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.

Practice counting, sequencing, and pattern recognition with your young learner in this fun math card game!

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

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

Your little preschool elf will develop some important fine motor skills while creating an entertaining game: Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree!

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

This is an easy counting game for preschoolers and toddlers. Great for car trips!

In this game, your child and his friends will need to use their observational skills as they try to figure out who's got the peanut!

Improve your kindergartener's vocabulary with this fun, quick, and simple improvisation activity! He'll love acting while practicing directionality words.

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