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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Bring the fun carnival game of ring toss to your home pool with this watery twist on the classic game.

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

Are you looking for an easy-to-play, fun game? Try Cat and Mouse. All you need is a large bed sheet or tablecloth, a "cat" and a "mouse", and you're all set.

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

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

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

Boost your child's listening, verbal and teamwork skills with this unique trust game in which one player guides another through a maze using only words.

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Your mother is a treasure, so celebrate her with a fun Motherâs Day Treasure Hunt.

Challenge your third grader and a few friends to teamwork and laughs with these boisterous indoor Christmas games.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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?

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!

Teach your child golf without the clubs! Introduce her to Pebble Golf, a fun beach game and a great way to develop her depth perception.

Build memory and motor skills with this musical movement 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!

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