Horseshoes makes a perfect family activity for a summer afternoon. With a bit of cardboard and handful of pennies, you can create your own set!

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

Have a blast celebrating the poetic prose of Dr. Seuss as you hop your way to better vocabulary and reading skills. Play Hop on Pop Hopscotch!

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Build memory and motor skills with this musical movement game!

This twist on the same old Hide and Seek is a great weekend or rainy-day activity.

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

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?

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

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

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

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

Throw a P.E. party in your own backyard that will make fitness fun!

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

Take the classic game to a new level, by including super fun directions inside the chalk-drawn boxes.

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.

Looking for something to do on a slow afternoon? Try cornhole, a simple and fun tossing game. Make your own set with a few things from the recycling bin.

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

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!

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

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