What do you get when you cross a pool, water balloons and hula hoops? Pool Basketball, an exciting summer game perfect for kids of all ages.

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.

Looking for a way to stay cool in the pool? Check out Elbow Tag, a simple and easy twist on the classic game tag.

Challenge your child to an exciting race across the pool and engage them in a game of Cruise Ship. Grab some plastic figures, hop in the pool, and you're set.

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!

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

Dig into the physics of pool to explore some cool applied math and learn about what happens in an elastic collision of equal masses.

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Can playing video games trigger an adrenaline rush even though there's no real danger? In this cool experiment you'll learn all about how fight-or-flight works!

A car game for road trips with children.

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

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

Grab some rope and a couple of rafts and you're ready to play Rope Rush, an exciting race game for the pool!

What do a pool, a raft and a golf club have in common? They are all integral ingredients in the fun game of Aqua Golf, a great activity for kids of all ages.

Are you looking for a fun pool game that doesn't require a lot of heavy accessories? Try Steal the Bacon, a creative form of tag your child is sure to love.

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

This science fair project examines how tsunamis travel by simulating a tsunami moving around an island. You will generate a pretend tsunami in a swimming pool.

This project determines how much the rebound rates of tennis balls change after ten games.

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

Create groups of volunteers based on frequency of playing video games. Compare driving records. Analyze data, interpret findings.

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

Design a set of uppercase and lowercase alphabet cards, then use them to play memory and phonics games!

Bake domino cookies and spark your child's interest in traditional games. This baking activity is great for 5th-6th grade children.

Use two toilet paper rolls to make a pair of homemade binoculars and let the games begin. Here's how:

These bean bag games are a fun and inexpensive way to keep your child learning! Work on social skills, coordination, math, or even spelling!

This cause and effect activity brings the fun of card games and comprehension practice together in an innovative way!

Want to help your child develop stronger numeracy skills and make your dice games even more fun? Try creating some googly-eyed funny dice.