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.
Paint a Waterlilly 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.
Make Spider Web Art!
Explore the fascinating, webby world of spiders by collecting webs from around your house and taking a closer look!
What Doesn't Belong? A Categorization Game
Bring a little bit of the outdoors in with this game! It's an activity you and your child can have fun with, hunting for objects that have something in common and choosing one that doesn't belong in the group.
Master Money 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!
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 he places his cards on the game board.
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!
Make Clay Idioms a "Piece of Cake"!
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!
Balloon Air Pressure Magic
Warning all grownups: get your sense of humor ready for this science experiment, which demonstrates fundamental physics of air pressure.
Craft a Homemade Kaleidoscope
Make a kaleidoscope at home to teach your kids about the color spectrum and introduce them to the science of mirrors.
Make Gak: Experiment with Polymers
Did you know some substances can be both solid- and liquid-like? In this science activity, you and your child will experiment with an in-between state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens!
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