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!

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

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

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

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