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

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

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

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.

The objectives of this classic game are to toss a marker onto each square, to hop onto the single squares, and to skip the square where the marker landed.

This variation on the classic group game "Mother, May I?" can be played with one or more child and involves continual participation.

This copying game is like a hopped up version of Simon Says, but it lets kids use their bodies to practice patterning, a key skill in early math.

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

Treasure hunts are tons of fun and they're a great way to introduce maps. Set the stage, and your kid's imagination will do the rest.

Your child will begin to recognize written color names as she looks at the different patterns and matches them up with the correct colors.

In this game, your child and his friends will need to use their observational skills as they try to figure out who's got the peanut!

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

Send your child on a hunt throughout the house for numbers to help develop her number recognition and ordering skills.

This fun math game will help develop your child's counting skills and number recognition skills.

Play Number Dash with your preschooler and help him learn to identify numbers, write numbers and learn about organized play.

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

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.

Help your child learn her numbers and how to count with this fun number game!

Make your own volleyball net! This beach ball game is a great activity for kids of all ages to develop coordination and teamwork.

While building his own croquet set, your kindergartener will use both his math an fine motor skills and as he plays he'll improve his hand-eye coordination.

Strengthen your child's number recognition skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

Healthy eating may sound dull to kids, but it doesn't have to be boring. Add a little pizzazz to snack time by holding a snack hunt!

Pump up the learning level of your kindergartener's summer break by playing patriotic bingo when July 4th rolls around.

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

Help your kindergartener recognize the signs of the season with a winter scavenger hunt.

Preschoolers need to practice hopping, skipping, and other "gross motor" skills. Why not make it fun by challenging them to move like their favorite animals?

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

Your kindergartener will love this counting activity on a rainy day. Turn any indoor space into a colorful hopscotch board and using simple recycled materials.

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.