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The meaning of Thanksgiving can sometimes get lost among the fun of food and family. Discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving with this fun activity.

In this experiment we will be determining whether birds prefer certain colors of seed.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

Make this delicious coconut cream pie recipe this Kwanzaa, and teach your kids the meaning of this important African-American holiday.

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Kids will learn some cool stuff about chemical reactions by determining what happens when you mix different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and yeast.

In this activity, your child will consider the meaning of "culture" and what comprises their family's culture. They will draw pictures of aspects of their family's culture, then choose an aspect of it to explore further.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

Assemble your own stylish spider ring this Halloween using pipe cleaners and googly eyes!

Make your own menagerie of animals using empty walnut shells

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

Make a shiny decorative Menorah using an egg carton and light bulbs.

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

Your child will create adorable baby footprints using his hand and fingers!

Make beautiful print block art with your kids using recycled materials.

Add a Hannukah twist to Chutes and Ladders by using a dreidel as the dice.

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

Your third grader will delight in making this creepy night-flying creature using a simple pom pom!

Play a game of "restaurant" to reinforce real-world applications of counting and using money.

Be adventurous this Cinco de Mayo and give this simple recipe using pickled nopalitos a try!

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

Your child can be a Fauvist painter using bright colors and his imagination to create wild artwork!

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

This autumn science project magically turns green leaves into autumn leaves by using crayon shavings and heat.