Games and Activities
Looking for activities to show your child the fun side of learning? From science experiments and math games to writing projects and more, we've got you covered! Use the selector on the right to browse around, or narrow your search by grade and subject area.
If you're planning a trip with a third grader, consider this: with a few simple tools - a road map, a highlighter, and pencil and paper, you can harness your child's impatience and reinforce some solid academic skills while you're at it.
Making a calendar page with the name of the month, days of the week, and holidays is a fun way to see the month take shape. Plus, it's a great way to identify those words that are always capitalized.
More activities:
Practice Geometry with Shape Riddles!
A fun guessing game to build your child's geometry vocabulary, this can be played anywhere - long car trips are especially perfect!
Be a House Hunter for Area!
Here's a hands-on activity you can do with your fourth-grader to practice measurement and directly apply the concept of area to the place she knows best - her house!
Make a Personal Pie Chart!
This activity will help your fourth grader tackle those tricky fraction word problems with a hands on method.
Play Grammar Trivia
Kids at this age need many activities to help them practice speaking and writing using correct grammar. Learning the parts of speech can be fun with this game of Grammar Trivia.
Make a Flip Book for Place Value
Does your fourth grader read numbers up to the millions? To practice place value, here's a fun hands-on activity to get your child flipping through place value with ease!
Make a ME Timeline
In kindergarten, social studies time often revolves around a subject kids love best...themselves! For a cool take on the subject, help your child create a "Me Timeline," a unique poster that works on a key math skill-- putting events in order.
Make a Back to Nature Backpack
Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson with this backpack, ready for on-the-fly science action!
Make Sequence Strips to Stay Organized
Most third graders are not natural organizers. Try this concrete, hands-on system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.
Convert Conversions...Into Art!
Don't let your child avoid conversions, just show her how to "convert" them into fun, memorable pictures!
Master Math with This Rounding Race
This is a simple, fast game that you and your child can make together to help him master rounding with decimals.
