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Check out these great hands-on games that kids can play in the classroom, on the playground, or at home for an afternoon of educational fun! Little learners can review sight words, consonant blends, important maths skills, logical reasoning and much more with these fantastic hands-on games that can typically be enjoyed with common household materials like playing cards, construction paper, or sidewalk chalk. For more learning, check out our Printable gamesOr our cool Online educational games.

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Play an ABC Balloon Game

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your kindergartener by playing an alphabet balloon volley game inspired by "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss.

Pinball Machine Game

The next time you're trapped indoors on a dreary day, try this take on dodgeball. All you need are a group of kids, an open area and a soft, spongy ball.

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

Play Sardine Hide and Seek!

This twist on the same old Hide and Seek is a great weekend or rainy-day activity.

Go on a Direction Scavenger Hunt

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your child with the directional vocabulary he should master in time for year one.

Hopped Up Hide and Seek

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

Toss and Blend: A Carnival Game

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.

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!

Play the Game: Itsy Bitsy May I?

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!

Play Letter-Sound Hopscotch!

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

Over and Out! 2 Great Obstacle Courses

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

Play Animal Exercises

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

Draw Shadow Art

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

Build Writing Muscles with a Water Relay

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.

Play Vocab-Building Improv!

Improve your kindergartener's vocabulary with this fun, quick, and simple improvisation activity! He'll love acting while pracising directionality words.

Are you looking to entertain your child and a large group of his friends? Try out Chain Tag. The more players you have, the more fun the game becomes!

Water Ring Toss

Bring the fun carnival game of ring toss to your home pool with this watery twist on the classic game.

Cat and Mouse Game

Are you looking for an easy-to-play, fun game? Try Cat and Mouse. All you need is a large bed sheet or tablecloth, a "cat" and a "mouse", and you're all set.

Are you sneaky, sneaky? You'll have to be when your play this fun game involving squirt guns and blindfolds that'll test your child's stealth.

This sponge relay game is the perfect way to cool off and to keep kids' minds sharp this summer.

Play Drop Catch

Develop your child's hand-eye coordination in a fun and engaging way by challenging her to a game of Drop Catch.

Verbs Relay Race!

Help your year two reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Play Punctuation Red Light, Green Light

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Back to School Party

It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.

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