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Make Art Like Mary Blair
Make Art Like Mary Blair
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Make Art Like Mary Blair
Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.
3rd grade
Math
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Rocket Like Mae Jemison
Rocket Like Mae Jemison
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Rocket Like Mae Jemison
Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!
3rd grade
Social studies
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Pumpkin Investigation
Pumpkin Investigation
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Pumpkin Investigation
Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin
3rd grade
Math
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Pumpkin Play Dough!
Pumpkin Play Dough!
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Pumpkin Play Dough!
What’s the best part of fall? Pumpkins! Use this easy recipe to help your child make some delicious smelling pumpkin play dough. They can use their math skills to measure and mix and then have hours of fun playing!
3rd grade
Math
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Make Pumpkin Apple Stamps
Make Pumpkin Apple Stamps
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Make Pumpkin Apple Stamps
Bring out your child’s creative side with this fun Halloween-themed craft.
3rd grade
Math
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Spooky Halloween Jars
Spooky Halloween Jars
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Spooky Halloween Jars
Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!
3rd grade
Math
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Painting with Corn!
Painting with Corn!
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Painting with Corn!
It’s the season for falling leaves, fall colors, and corn! Use this easy activity to help your child make some amazing paintings. They can use their math skills to design patterns for cards, paper, presents and more!
3rd grade
Math
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Number Maker: A Card Game to Practice Place Value
Number Maker: A Card Game to Practice Place Value
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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!
3rd grade
Math
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A Rapid Rounding Game
A Rapid Rounding Game
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A Rapid Rounding Game
This kinesthetic game will help your child practice rounding and get the adrenaline rushing!
3rd grade
Math
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Find the Math Fact Family
Find the Math Fact Family
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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!
3rd grade
Math
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Knock Off Numbers for Mental Math Practice!
Knock Off Numbers for Mental Math Practice!
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Knock Off Numbers for Mental Math Practice!
This activity is a great starting point for practicing mental math because it is quick, easy and involves only simple addition facts.
3rd grade
Math
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Math Solitaire for Two
Math Solitaire for Two
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Math Solitaire for Two
Engage your third-grader in this version of the classic game and she will get lots of practice using mental math to solve addition and subtraction problems.
3rd grade
Math
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The Perfect Pumpkin Soup
The Perfect Pumpkin Soup
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The Perfect Pumpkin Soup
Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.
3rd grade
Math
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Pumpkin Nut Bread
Pumpkin Nut Bread
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Pumpkin Nut Bread
Here's a pumpkin nut bread recipe that makes for a wonderful project on a crisp autumn afternoon.
3rd grade
Math
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What Doesn't Belong? A Categorization Game
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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Pitch and Hit Data
Pitch and Hit Data
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Pitch and Hit Data
Okay, engaging in a graphing activity may sound ho-hum, but if you use fun data, it changes the picture entirely.
3rd grade
Math
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Leprechaun Chase
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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How Old is That Tree?
How Old is That Tree?
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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!
3rd grade
Science
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Coin Riddles: What's in Your Wallet?
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
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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Shooting Hoops Multiplication
Shooting Hoops Multiplication
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Shooting Hoops Multiplication
Play this fun basketball game to help your third grader master their multiplication tables.
3rd grade
Math
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Hold a Math Marathon!
Hold a Math Marathon!
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Hold a Math Marathon!
Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!
3rd grade
Math
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Design and Create Your Own Family "Money"
Design and Create Your Own Family "Money"
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Design and Create Your Own Family "Money"
With this fun craft activity, your child can design and "make" his own money, for use as currency and math practice at home.
3rd grade
Math
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Exercise...with Dice!
Exercise...with Dice!
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Exercise...with Dice!
Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.
3rd grade
Math
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Little Chick
Little Chick
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Little Chick
This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.
3rd grade
Math
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Search 3rd Grade Math Hands-on Activities

Mix up the routine by supplementing your third grade math lesson with these activities and games that will show kids how fun learning math can be. A simple deck of cards can be turned into an exciting lesson in multiplication, probability, and even measurement conversions. Or capture kids’ attention with a rousing game of candy math or geometrical chick sculptures while building essential math skills.