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

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

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

Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!

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!