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

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

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.

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

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.

Your child will learn more about coins and their denominations as he's asked to identify similar coins.