Here's a guide to help you design a challenging pool obstacle course for your elementary school children with ordinary pool toys and household objects.

Give your child a chance to feel like important airport personnel and learn a whole host of skills while he's at it!

Kids get to play mad scientist in this wacky drawing game that's a great way to help kids to mellow out after the high-energy antics of recess.

Next time your child says he's bored, suggest a game of Toe Fencing! It's a silly and physical game that can be played anywhere, any time.

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with these fun dribbling drills! Before you know it he'll be a ball-handling master.

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

Let your fifth grader use his wits to challenge friends to complete their labyrinthine book of mazes!

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Before hitting the road this summer, arm yourself with Straight Face, a game guaranteed to turn bored frowns into happy grins and giggles.

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

Improve your child's memory, focus, and concentration with this outdoor group memory game. For 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school age children.

Here's a party game that's guaranteed to bring along lots of laughs. Kids get creative as they act out improve scenes with some help from an audience.

Practice your addition and subtraction in this card game. Disclose is a math activity any first or second grader will love!

Invite your first grader to play this subtraction sacks game to get her actively involved in understanding and memorizing subtraction facts.

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.

Help your third grader craft a homemade version of this classic strategy game, using just an old egg carton and a few beads!

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Here's a hands-on activity that helps your child understand the concept of "circumference."

This variation on the game of tag combines exercise, teamwork, and a little friendly trickery.

Encourage your child to practice skip counting by turning number patterns into this fun and interactive game of catch.

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Use empty soda bottles to create a fun bowling set that helps your first grader practice addition skills!

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.