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.

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

This fun and easy quiz show game will help your fifth grader memorize and study vocabulary from their math, science, social studies, and language arts classes!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

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

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

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!

If you have a young child who loves physical stunts, try making these coffee-can stilts for backyard fun.

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?

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

At your next party, play this amped-up version of hot potato that comes with a prize!

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

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

Build memory and motor skills with this musical movement game!

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.

Want a word game to play? How about just a fun way to spend the afternoon? Get creative thinking going and have fun with vocabulary!

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.