What better way to raise awareness about the environment than with an eco-friendly Earth-themed party? Get your party started with this step-by-step guide.

Do a little kitchen chemistry as you make your own bubble solution and bubble-wand shapes!

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Picnic getting boring? Here's a fun game that gets the kids moving around, and doing a little addition while they're at it.

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

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

Does your child have trouble holding a pencil? Is writing an excruciating task? The key is to build up those hand muscles! This water relay race can help.

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

Your kids will love this tradition of finding a leprechaun's gold hidden all over.

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

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.

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

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

Entertain your next batch of energetic youngsters with a Halloween-inspired candy hunt!

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

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

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

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.

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

Take the classic game to a new level, by including super fun directions inside the chalk-drawn boxes.

Develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day with this fun kindergarten activity.

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.

If you have a young child who loves physical stunts, try making these coffee-can stilts for backyard fun.

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.

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

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

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

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

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.

Help your second grader make his own badminton set--out of your old pantyhose! He'll delight in his crafty independence, and you'll love saving money.