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

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

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.

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

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"!

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!

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.

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

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Like "Mother, May I?", this following directions tag game focuses on gross motor skills, but to the theme Itsy Bitsy Spider. Fun indoors or outside!

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

At your next party, play this amped-up version of hot potato that comes with a prize!

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.

Help your preschooler combine a lesson about numbers with a silly, snowy game of hopscotch.

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

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

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

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

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!

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!

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.

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

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

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

Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.

This twist on the same old Hide and Seek is a great weekend or rainy-day activity.

Improve your kindergartener's vocabulary with this fun, quick, and simple improvisation activity! He'll love acting while practicing directionality words.

Have a blast celebrating the poetic prose of Dr. Seuss as you hop your way to better vocabulary and reading skills. Play Hop on Pop Hopscotch!

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.