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Third Grade Activities

Mix some of these third grade activities into your next lesson to break up the routine and allow kids to learn and interact with the material in new ways. Interactive math games make multiplication practice a lot more fun, and young learners will enjoy growing their vocabulary and building reading fluency through a wide range of hands-on reading and writing crafts and projects.

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Five-Finger Relaxation

Five-Finger Relaxation

Tracing is a great technique for clearing your mind and relaxing. Help your students learn how to calm themselves down and clear their minds with by tracing their hands.

2nd grade

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Be Present with Mindful Movement

Be Present with Mindful Movement

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

2nd grade

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Create an Internal Weather Report

Create an Internal Weather Report

This activity creatively guides students in reflecting on and understanding what's happening inside of themselves at any given point.

2nd grade

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Back-to-Back Breathing

Back-to-Back Breathing

Back-to-back breathing is a great way to practice self-calming while also creating connection and developing trust.

2nd grade

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Make a Dr. Seuss Story Box!

Make a Dr. Seuss Story Box!

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Mother's Day Garden Sign

Mother's Day Garden Sign

If your mom loves gardening and plants, make her a Mother's Day garden decoration perfect for displaying in her yard!

3rd grade

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Popsicle Riddles

Popsicle Riddles

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and being the creator of jokes or fortunes to write himself on the Popsicle sticks.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Letter to Your Teacher

Letter to Your Teacher

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Shoe Box Dream House

Shoe Box Dream House

Your child can build the home of her dreams by creating a truly imaginative model. She'll get to draft her own blueprints to design her masterpiece!

3rd grade

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Paving Block Creatures

Paving Block Creatures

These unique paving block critters let kids unleash their creative side on one of the "squarest" garden supplies in stores.

3rd grade

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Mosaic Flower Pots

Mosaic Flower Pots

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.

3rd grade

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Chainmail Art

Make a knight using metal washers, screws, bolts and aluminum foil, creating the most resistant armor anyone has ever seen.

3rd grade

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Witches' Brew

This witches' brew recipe for kids is a cool mix of lemonade, tapioca pearl "eggs," and gummy worms. Try this witches' brew recipe for kids this Halloween.

3rd grade

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Zombie Cupcakes

Zombie Cupcakes

Zombie cupcakes are baked goods that look as if they've been pulled fresh from a skull. Make zombie cupcakes this Halloween.

3rd grade

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Comparing Prices

Comparing Prices

Help your child apply his math skills the next time you cook a family meal similar to one you'd buy at a restaurant.

3rd grade

Math

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Five Stones

Stuck inside on a rainy day? Teach your child a classic kid's game: Five Stones. All you need are five stones and a flat surface.

3rd grade

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Make Your Own Passport

Make Your Own Passport

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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How to Make a Cork Trivet

How to Make a Cork Trivet

Discover the science behind materials that absorb heat, and materials that don't, by constructing this cork trivet for your dinner table.

3rd grade

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Clover Card

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a rainbow card filled with three dimensional four leaf clovers!

3rd grade

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Elephant Bird

Help the elephant bird come back to life with this awesome paper mache craft.

3rd grade

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Slinky Snake

Create this homemade slinky snake from recycled materials. It can move and slither about like the real thing!

3rd grade

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Fizzy Drinks

Fizzy drinks are fun and festive for kids during holidays. Make a batch of fizzy drinks with your child this New Year's Eve.

3rd grade

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Prediction Game

Prediction Game

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

3rd grade

Social studies

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DIY Bird Nest

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

3rd grade

Science

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3D Snowflakes

Instead of piling on jackets and mittens, settle down for an afternoon of paper magic with this three-dimensional snowflake craft.

3rd grade

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