The next time your kids are pent up inside because of bad weather, try hosting a Balloon Olympics!

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.

This circle game practices patterning and flexes your child's memory.

Master reading numbers aloud with your first grader in this math card game.

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

In this game, your child and his friends will need to use their observational skills as they try to figure out who's got the peanut!

Learning to count can be pretty tough. Have your child play this game with you or a friend and watch her quickly become a master counter.

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

Here's a fun math game you can use to practice counting, addition or subtraction with your child.

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

Play this game to help froggie hop home...and teach the number line to your kindergartener while you're at it!

This fun game helps to strengthen your kindergartener's speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.

Good for indoor and outdoor play, this patriotic tossing game uses lightweight pieces that can be found in almost any household.

This outdoor game will help your child practice observational skills and visual identification while working in some exercise, too!

This homemade alphabet game will keep your kindergartener on his toes and help him practice letter, numbers, and taking turns. The whole family can participate!

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

Has your preschooler ever wanted to be a pirate? This fun activity will put her healthy imagination into action!

This simple game isn't just a diversion, it teaches your child to identify the incorrect word within a familiar verse.

This do-it-anywhere guessing game helps reinforce number concepts. And it's a blast to play.

This St. Patrick's-themed color game reinforces your kindergartener's recognition of green objects, and also gives her reading and listening skills a work out.

Help your child learn the language of mathematics through cupcakes with this fun counting activity.

Strengthen your child's number recognition skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

Rhymes are all around us! Get your kid in on this game of simple rhyming words. She'll match up cards with rhyming words and pictures on them.

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.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

Play this game that lets you create your own silly monster drawing and helps your child practice her counting skills!

This guessing game is a hoot. And it helps teach kids to categorize a set of objects-- a key skill for preschool.

Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.