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

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

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

It's easy to be a master Italian chef with this target practice game played with a pizza board constructed out of felt and Velcro bean bag "toppings."

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with this outdoor group ball game that's similar to Four Square.

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with these fun dribbling drills! Before you know it he'll be a ball-handling master.

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Create equations in this strategic math card game. Your second or third grader can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a new way!

This first grade addition math game helps your child use critical thinking skills while practicing his computation.

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

Add simple fractions in this fun math card game for second graders. This game is very similar to Blackjack, or 21, but it's entirely kid friendly!

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

Kids will love this more challenging version of tag where they'll have to run while "attached" to someone else.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Before hitting the road this summer, arm yourself with Straight Face, a game guaranteed to turn bored frowns into happy grins and giggles.

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

This variation on the game of tag combines exercise, teamwork, and a little friendly trickery.

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

This zany guessing game asks your first grader to tap into her deductive reasoning skills to guess an activity or object.

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

Make the most out of your next wait at the airport by playing Airport Lounge, a fun and creative game of storytelling and make-believe!

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

All you and your kid need for this entertaining game are some conversation hearts, a candy that's practically synonymous with Valentine's Day!

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your first grader by playing a pink crepe paper racing game inspired by Dr. Seuss's book "The Cat in the Hat Come Back."

Your child will "catch" snowballs with each correct math equation she can answer correctly. If she solves a problem correctly, she gets to keep the snowballs.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.