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

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 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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

Throw a P.E. party in your own backyard that will make fitness fun!

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

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

Kids get to play mad scientist in this wacky drawing game that's a great way to help kids to mellow out after the high-energy antics of recess.

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

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!

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

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"!

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

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

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.