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

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

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

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

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

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

This copying game is like a hopped up version of Simon Says, but it lets kids use their bodies to practice patterning, a key skill in early math.

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.

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.

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.

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"!

Exponents can be tricky to learn. Fortunately this game provides plenty of multiplication practice for your math student!

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!

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

From how to make your own invitations to what games to play the day of, this guide has everything you need to make your graduate's day a time to remember.

Introduce your youngster to this Japanese version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

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!

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!

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!

These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.

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

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

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

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.

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?

This year, celebrate Father's Day with three hilarious outdoor family games.

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.

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

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!