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Help your third grader enjoy activities learning critical skills by following step-by-step instructions and using easy-to-find materials. Play math card games and explore themes third graders can get excited about. These activities are great for parents and educators to teach multiplication, collaborative writing, and third grade science topics. Try third grade arts and crafts next.

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Play the Bag Game: 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 with this fun game.

How Old is That Tree?

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Homemade Kaleidoscope

Make a kaleidoscope at home to teach your child about the color spectrum and mirror science.

Multiplication Tables Game

Practice multiplication facts and geography at the same time in this fun third grade math card game.

Make Your Own Cloud!

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

Build Vocabulary with Prefixes and Suffixes

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Make Homemade Glue!

This surprisingly good glue recipe comes from common kitchen items.

Balloon Air Pressure Magic

Get your sense of humor ready for this fun science experiment that demonstrates the fundamental physics of air pressure.

Real World Math

You can try this simple activity with your third grader to get him thinking about the real world math you use everyday.

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

The Science of Sound

What causes sound? Here's a simple science experiment that adds a visual element to the science of sound to help kids better understand this tricky concept.

Vinegar and Baking Soda Balloon

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

Play Sentence Scramble

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

Number Maker: A Card Game to Practice Place Value

Here's a super fun game to get in some place value practice with your child!

Make a Balloon Stick to the Wall Like "Magic"

Try the classic balloon-on-the-wall trick with your kid and watch static electricity in action.

Find the Math Fact Family

Practice of math facts is usually limited to drill sheets and flashcards. But kids are more likely to tune in to math facts if practice is presented as a game!

Native American Corn Husk Dolls

Make corn husk dolls similar to the ones Pilgrims made in the 17th century. Corn Husk Dolls are fun to make and play with, especially on Thanksgiving.

Tic-Tac-Toe Multiplication

Play tic-tac-toe and help your kid memorize multiplication facts!

Do-It-Yourself Solar Eclipse!

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Ring the Bottle: A Math Carnival Game

Nothing chases the blues away like a trip to the boardwalk. Bring the fun home with this do-it-yourself version that sneaks in some math practice.

Household items and a bit of imagination will create a CSI kit for your child to have investigative adventures with. Explore the world of forensic science!

Coin Riddles: What's in Your Wallet?

Here's a math activity that uses coin riddles to help your third-grader improve his coin-counting and logical thinking skills.

Create a Shredded Paper Flower Bouquet

This is a fun, tactile art project where tearing paper produces art that makes a great gift for any occasion.

Spinning Color Wheel

Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

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