When it comes to working kids' muscles, nothing beats an obstacle course! Here are some easy ideas for creating your own course at home.

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.

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

With this "tightrope" game, your child will practice balancing skills and gain experience with the directions forward, backward, and sideways.

How do you spell fun and learning? B-I-N-G-O! Children learn through play. And letter or number bingo is a great place to start.

This is an easy counting game for preschoolers and toddlers. Great for car trips!

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

Kids learn how to play Jan-Ken-Pon, Japanese rock-paper-scissors, in this fun preschool activity.

This outdoor game will help your child practice observational skills and visual identification while working in some exercise, too!

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

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.

Here's Twist 'N Turn: let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener be outside and active while learning about shapes, colors, directions, and word recognition.

In this activity your little one will throw a beanbag at a numbered target to help improve their number recognition skills.

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

Get your preschooler to practice a steady hand and celebrate Read Across America Day with this challenging stacking activity inspired by Dr. Seuss.

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

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!

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

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.

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

Good for indoor and outdoor play, this patriotic tossing game uses lightweight pieces that can be found in almost any household.

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?

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

Introduce your child to the symbols of fall with this easy-to-make matching game that will hone observational skills and increase your kid's attention span.

Help your preschooler practice counting, matching, and learning colors with this fun game!

Build memory and motor skills with this musical movement game!

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 leap frog activity, your child will use their muscles to jump over friends and onto lily pads as they practices number recognition.