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.
This activity will help your kid get a grasp of different states of matter, in a hands-on, interactive way.
Here's a fun way to get the whole family involved in helping your high school student prepare to give a speech, while creating a family keepsake in the process!
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Learn Earth Science While Reducing Your Footprint!
Earth Science is an important part of the third grade curriculum, and it's also a great way to learn about how to protect the planet!
Make a Book Square!
If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square. It's a fun way to highlight important story details and put them in a logical order. She can even use the Book Square as a bookmark, and add information to it as she reads!
A Martin Luther King Day Project
Martin Luther King Day is a great excuse to show how just one person can make a difference in the world, and teach kids that they can be that person! This hands-on activity gets them brainstorming about what needs change in the world, and how they can help.
Discover a Dandelion's Habitat
In this activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.
Play Word Bags to Learn Parts of Speech
Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around by creating this fun, easy learning game that your child will enjoy playing!
Be a Flower Spy!
Flowers are up to some very important business: they are reproducing! In this activity, find out who the flowers' "partners in crime" are by being a flower spy.
Race for Spelling Patterns!
In this high energy, interactive game, third graders are challenged to a race involving spelling patterns in words. This is one race your child will want to run again and again! And it will do wonders for her reading fluency.
Learn Science with Bean Sprouts
After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants – and may develop a green thumb in the process!
Learn to Connect with Stories
As important as it is to sway your child away from TV, computer games and plastic toys, sometimes you just have to bring the lesson to him! This activity uses your child's favorite television show to illustrate how we connect to what we read.
Host a Founding Fathers Feast
Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures and assigning each character to a dinner guest.
