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!

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 hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

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.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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

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