Have the kids use sidewalk chalk to draw portraits of their family and, in the process, learn about familial relationships.

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.

Play Tip It, a silly and rowdy game that kids love!

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

Next time your child says he's bored, suggest a game of Toe Fencing! It's a silly and physical game that can be played anywhere, any time.

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

Help your teen make a custom, handmade hula hoop. It's sure to fit perfectly, and she can personalize it with colored tape to make it her own!

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

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?

In this leap frog activity, your child will use their muscles to jump over friends and onto lily pads as they practices number recognition.

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

This Valentine's Day, promote strong hearts with an active relay that the whole family can enjoy! It's light on the wallet, but heavy on heart health.

Build memory and motor skills with this musical movement game!

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

Kids put their geography knowledge to the test in this balloon volley game inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go".

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

Be an inspector detective for a day in this fun mystery game that puts your child's powers of observation to the test. Perfect for a party or group gathering.

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

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

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.

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

This improv exercise helps actors learn how to recover if another actor forgets their lines or goes off script, but it can also be a rainy day activity!

Help your second grader make his own badminton set--out of your old pantyhose! He'll delight in his crafty independence, and you'll love saving money.

Like "Mother, May I?", this following directions tag game focuses on gross motor skills, but to the theme Itsy Bitsy Spider. Fun indoors or outside!

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

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"!

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

This sponge relay game is the perfect way to cool off and to keep kids' minds sharp this summer.

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

Be active while learning about American history with this twist on the classic running game "Capture the Flag."