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.
Make a "Green" Picnic Pouch
Make reusable picnic pouches with your child this summer for each member of the family. This activity is the prefect way to celebrate the Fourth of July with a "green" twist!
Red and White Bean Salad
Make a healthy, no-cook salad with some help from your third grade chef - and help her practice her math and measurement while she's at it!
"Dressed Up" Dad's Day Card
For building fine motor skills, practicing writing, and simply warming Dad's heart, nothing beats a homemade card. Here's a creative, unique stand-up version that salutes your family's hard-working guy!
Master Your Counting Skills With a Mock Card Shop
Teach your third grader about the concepts money exchange and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity and help him to practice his math skills while he's at it!
Make an Impressionist Watering Can
This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for flowers and gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.
Understanding Braille
Give your child a glimpse of how other students approach reading, by teaching him how the blind use braille.
Make an Acrostic Birthday Poem
This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.
Bunny, Rabbit, Jellybean! A Math Game
OK, so bunnies are leaping, baby chicks hatching, and seasonal baskets are overflowing with green plastic grass and foil eggs. Your kid's mind is heavily weighted with dreams of holiday chocolate. But that doesn't mean you can't still have fun with math!
Graph Your Household Energy Use
Challenge your third-grader to sharpen her new math skills--and maybe do the planet a favor, too.
Four Ways to Use Leftover Easter Eggs
Now that the Easter bunny has come and gone, and Easter hunts have all ended, there's just one teeny problem: what are you going to do with all those perfectly good leftover hardboiled eggs? Here are four healthy variations on deviled eggs, an old classic.
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