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.

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

Your children will squeal with delight when they discover all the mishaps that come about after a visit from the leprechaun.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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"!

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.

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

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!

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

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 child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.