Third Grade Social Studies Activities
Third Grade Social Studies activities to help show your child the fun side of learning! From easy third grade social studies activities to more advanced, we've got you covered! Browse the activities below or use the selector to find similar activities.
Engage Your 3rd Grade Traveler!
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.
Make a Koi Windsock
With this activity, kids make their own windsock in the shape of a koi fish using a 2-liter soda bottle and some bright paint.
Tin Can Lanterns
Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.
Sidewalk Cave Paintings
Give your kids the opportunity to act like cavemen...or at least draw like them!
Make an Aztec Sundial
Help your child make a sundial that really works!
Morse Code Messaging
Kids and codes go together like dashes and dots. Teach your child Morse code, a little bit of history that she'll pick up in a flash!
Craft Rolled Beeswax Candles
Creating beeswax candles combines the honey-like sweet smell of beeswax and the welcome glow of candlelight. This is a wonderful and easy activity that will get your child thinking about bees in a whole new light.
Make a Traditional Indian Wall Hanging
Your child will create their very own traditional Indian Toran wall hanging using construction paper, yarn and paint.
Make an Oil Lantern
This project demonstrates how lighter liquids, such as oil, float atop heavier liquids, such as water. An oil lantern is cool any time of the year, regardless of religion, but makes a great craft for Hanukkah, too!
Papel Picado: Create Colorful Tissue Paper Banners
Here's an activity to help you create these beautiful Mexican banners that will add a personal and colorful touch to any home celebration!
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