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.

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

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!

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