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Third Grade Activities

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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3rd Grade
Make a Dr. Seuss Story Box!
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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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Understanding Braille
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Understanding Braille
Give your child a glimpse of how another set of students approach reading by teaching him how the blind use braille.
3rd Grade
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The Zoo Stories: Imagining Animals at Night
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The Zoo Stories: Imagining Animals at Night
Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.
3rd Grade
Reading & Writing
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Storyboarding: Using Pictures to Teach Words
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Storyboarding: Using Pictures to Teach Words
Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."
3rd Grade
Reading & Writing
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Explore the Phases of the Moon
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Explore the Phases of the Moon
We all know that the Moon has different phases, but it can be hard to figure out why. Try this activity to see how the Moon's phases really work.
3rd Grade
Science
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Make an Obstacle Course!
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Make an Obstacle Course!
Kids love physical comedy, and this activity has the potential of offering up a healthy dose (while also working on balance and dexterity.)
3rd Grade
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Make Your Own Cloud!
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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!
3rd Grade
Science
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Homemade Submarine
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Homemade Submarine
Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.
3rd Grade
Science
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Pop Bottle Science
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Pop Bottle Science
Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!
3rd Grade
Science
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Superhero Strength
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Superhero Strength
This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!
3rd Grade
Science
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Morse Code Messaging
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Morse Code Messaging
Teach your child Morse code, and a little bit of history that she'll pick up in a flash!
3rd Grade
Social Studies
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What's a Zipper? A Writing Game
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What's a Zipper? A Writing Game
This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?
3rd Grade
Reading & Writing
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P.E. Party
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P.E. Party
Throw a P.E. party in your own backyard that will make fitness fun!
3rd Grade
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Rudolph the Red Nosed Mad Libs!
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Rudolph the Red Nosed Mad Libs!
Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!
3rd Grade
Reading & Writing
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What Doesn't Belong? A Categorization Game
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What Doesn't Belong? A Categorization Game
This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.
3rd Grade
Science
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Make a Water Magnifier!
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Make a Water Magnifier!
Here's an interesting activity that will enable your child to make his own magnifier out of a drop of water
3rd Grade
Science
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Tin Can Lantern
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Tin Can Lantern
Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.
3rd Grade
Social Studies
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Leprechaun Chase
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Leprechaun Chase
This St. Patrick's day, stretch your third grader's social studies and math skills with this fun, cooperative learning game.
3rd Grade
Math
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Coin Riddles: What's in Your Wallet?
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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.
3rd Grade
Math
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Dollar Games: Race to $1.00
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Dollar Games: Race to $1.00
Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.
3rd Grade
Math
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Silverware Holder
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Silverware Holder
Make a reusable picnic pouch with your child this summer to celebrate the Fourth of July in an eco-friendly way.
3rd Grade
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DIY Party Ideas- Drink Umbrellas
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DIY Party Ideas- Drink Umbrellas
These festive red and blue drink umbrellas are the perfect DIY party idea. While you're making them you can even sneak in a little compass practice.
3rd Grade
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4th of July Strawberry Apple Pie
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4th of July Strawberry Apple Pie
Indulge in an American classic with a twist and seize the opportunity to cook with your child, helping her build those math and social studies skills.
3rd Grade
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Red and White Bean Salad
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Red and White Bean Salad
Make a healthy, no-cook salad with some help from your third grade chef - and practice math and measurement while you're at it!
3rd Grade
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Clay Landscape
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Clay Landscape
This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.
3rd Grade
Science
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