Third Grade Activities

Browse through our third grade activities, or use the selector below to pick a subject. You'll find many third grade activities to keep your child learning on the fly, all year long. From fun holiday activities to subject specific ones there are many 3rd grade activities to choose from.

Take the Boredom Out of the Back Seat!

Take the Boredom Out of the Back Seat!

Thinking about taking a road trip? Here are some simple ways to pass the time that you and your child can do together.

Draw Horrible Homophones

Draw Horrible Homophones

Work on homophones and spelling with this imaginative activity where your child can doodle or draw some silly things all in the name of learning!

Weave a Velentine Heart

Weave a Velentine Heart

Warm a heart you love with a woven hand-painted work of art! Create a colorful weave using painted paper strips, cut out and threaded through a painted heart.

The Zoo Stories: Imagining Animals at Night

The Zoo Stories: Imagining Animals at Night

Is your child a budding writer? Or does he hit a wall when starting a writing assignment? Here's a fun exercise that turns a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out writing frenzy.

Make a Jackie Robinson Baseball Card

Make a Jackie Robinson Baseball Card

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, a tremendous figure in African American history, by inviting her to create her own unique Jackie Robinson baseball card.

Make Your Own Kente Cloth

Make Your Own Kente Cloth

Create your own version of traditional African kente cloth. Help your child celebrate Black History Month with this culturally-inspired art project.

Warrior Flag

Warrior Flag

Make a Fante tribe African flag with kids and get them to reflect on their favorite things by creating this personalized flag. It's a great African art project for kids of all ages.

Create Potted Plant People!

Create Potted Plant People!

Create a face of a person or animal on a small terra cotta flower pot and grow herbs or a flowered plant for their hair! As the herbs grow, the hair grows.

Rainy Day Christmas Games

Rainy Day Christmas Games

Are you planning a holiday kids' party? Or maybe just dealing with kids who feel cooped up inside due to the cold weather? Here are three fun indoor holiday activities.

The Guess-timation Game

The Guess-timation Game

Few kids would say no to a pocketful of cash. (Even if it's fake!) Gather a gaggle of friends from the neighborhood and challenge them to a game of Guess-timation.

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