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

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

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

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

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

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

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

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.

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.

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

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

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

Catch the dance mash fever with this catchy and foot-tapping activity that's all about movement and Halloween fun!

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

This twist on the classic game of freeze tag spells fun for your fourth grader--and the whole family!

Here's a party game that's guaranteed to bring along lots of laughs. Kids get creative as they act out improve scenes with some help from an audience.

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"!

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

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

Nothing chases the blues away like a trip to the boardwalk. Bring the fun home with this do-it-yourself version that sneaks in some math practice.

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

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

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

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

Simon Says is a classic outdoor game that young children love. Promote your child's development and improve listening skills by playing the game in a new way.

Build memory and motor skills with this musical movement game!

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.

This math game helps fourth graders improve their understanding of positive and negative integers in a fun way.

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.