These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

Here's how to create an easy travel checkers board that you are your child can enjoy together using simple materials.

Add negative and positive numbers in this fun math card game for fourth graders!

Turn any sunny summer day into a fun and special occasion by having a watermelon seed spitting contest!

Get ready to make a dollar...using playing cards! The first player to accumulate the amount of points equal to a dollar wins.

Being able to guess the likelihood of an event is a useful skill. Discuss probability with your kid as you play this fun math card game!

Looking for an on-the-go game that can be played anywhere, anytime? Put down the hangman and tic-tac-toe. Here's a new one for the whole family!

Try this fun math card game with your third grader to practice division, addition, and problem solving!

Combat summer boredom with this easy and fun game. Race against each other to see who can fill their bucket the fastest using leaky cups!

In this matching activity, your kid will match the clock faces representing analog time with the numeric readings representing digital time.

Challenge your child to create a lipogram, or a piece of writing that omits one specific letter. This activity strengthens writing and language skills.

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

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

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

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

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

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.

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!

Try a fun Mother's Day game for moms and kids to play together!