Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

This year, celebrate Father's Day with three hilarious outdoor family games.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

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.

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

Challenge your third grader and a few friends to teamwork and laughs with these boisterous indoor Christmas games.

Picnic getting boring? Here's a fun game that gets the kids moving around, and doing a little addition while they're at it.

Looking for something to do on a slow afternoon? Try cornhole, a simple and fun tossing game. Make your own set with a few things from the recycling bin.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

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

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

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

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.

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

Help your second grader make his own badminton set--out of your old pantyhose! He'll delight in his crafty independence, and you'll love saving money.

Stuck inside on a rainy day? Teach your child a classic kid's game: Five Stones. All you need are five stones and a flat surface.

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

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.

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

Horseshoes makes a perfect family activity for a summer afternoon. With a bit of cardboard and handful of pennies, you can create your own set!

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

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Nothing chases the blues away like a trip to the boardwalk. Bring the fun home with this do-it-yourself version that sneaks in some math practice.

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.