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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

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!

Try turning the evening ritual of asking about your kid's school day into a challenging game that consists of twenty questions.

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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!

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