3rd Grade Activities
In third grade, learning gets kicked up a notch, and more complex concepts will land squarely on your child's plate. Want to help, but aren't sure how? From fun activities to learn about place value, to outdoor games that teach parts of speech, we've got the goods to keep your child on track all year long.
Half As Much
Sharing can be a challenge, and division doubly so! Practice halving numbers in this competitive card game. Play in groups or coach your child through one-on-one.
Be a Factor
Factors can be a tricky concept to master, but they are essential to understanding division. Help your child gain confidence with factors while playing this fun card game. Soon they'll be ready to work with larger numbers and fractions!
Defensive Struggle, Multiplication Style!
Become a multiplication super-star! Get ready for an exciting way to practice those multiplication facts. Your third grader will love strategizing to earn points as they place their cards on the game board.
Find It
Make equations to remove cards in this strategic single-player game. Use all of the math facts you would like: addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division! Think carefully as you develop a strategy to get rid of all the cards.
Double Trouble
Try this competitive card game! Your child will practice doubling numbers as you flip over cards. Try one-digit or two-digit numbers, or more!
Put on a Poetry Party!
A poetry party is a fantastic way to bring out the artist in every child! Your little one will be inspired to unleash her creativity in the perfect environment to create and perform poetry in the form of a traditional café setting, complete with music, decorations, and refreshments.
Create a Venn Diagram Creature!
Venn diagrams provide a perfect starting point for your child to brainstorm ways that two ideas or objects are similar or different. Introduce your child to this technique by helping her create a Venn diagram fantasy creature!
Create Clay Idioms
Idioms, words or phrases that have figurative meanings different from their literal ones, can be found everywhere from the books we read to our everyday conversations. Idioms are also inspiration for this fun, hands-on activity!
Trust Me Walk
In this exciting trust game, one player, the communicator, must guide her blindfolded partner through a maze of obstacles using only verbal directions. Don't worry if you're afraid of the dark, in this game being in the dark is part of the fun!
Design a Chinese New Year Dragon Float
Chines New Year starts with a bang, with firecrackers and parades among the festival's highlights. Teach your child about this custom by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.
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