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

Try to pop other opponents balloons while trying to protect your own. This exciting game is sure to be a hit with the kids at your next party!

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

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your kindergartener by playing an alphabet balloon volley game inspired by "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss.

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

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

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.

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

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

Develop your child's hand-eye coordination in a fun and engaging way by challenging her to a game of Drop Catch.

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

Do a little kitchen chemistry as you make your own bubble solution and bubble-wand shapes!

With this "tightrope" game, your child will practice balancing skills and gain experience with the directions forward, backward, and sideways.

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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!

Develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day with this fun kindergarten activity.

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

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

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Picnic getting boring? Here's a fun game that gets the kids moving around, and doing a little addition while they're at it.

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

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!

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

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!