On this week's Spotlight on Education, Roxanne Strouk visits Thoreau Middle School, where student Kasra Karimi is making ...

Whether you’ve got antsy kids at home or in the classroom, a good board game can keep the little ones ... which she says is very easy to learn but still fun enough to play over and over again.

There are books at every grade level that can engage students in thinking about math ... to spend quality time. Games we love include Rummikub, Crazy Eights, Monopoly, Jr., Yahtzee, Chutes and Ladders ...

Dust off some of the old board games. Monopoly or Monopoly Junior are fun ways to practice math skills, while also teaching kids ideas such as saving, spending and other money-management concepts.