Third Grade Activities
Skyline Craft
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Skyline Craft
Use a simple toothbrush and a splatter painting technique to create this sparkling skyline work of art!
3rd grade
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Nature Silhouette
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Nature Silhouette
Make a beautiful nature silhouette to remember a family walk in the park or a camping trip with friends.
3rd grade
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Valentine Potpourri
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Valentine Potpourri
Make these lasting felt hearts and fill them with a sweet smelling combination of rice and spices to keep the Valentine spirit alive all year long.
3rd grade
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Bounce an Egg
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Bounce an Egg
Explore scientific concepts with this experiment that introduces kids to the scientific method!
3rd grade
Science
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Mother's Day Coupons
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Mother's Day Coupons
Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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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!
Preschool
Social studies
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Design Challenge: Inflate a Balloon
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Design Challenge: Inflate a Balloon
In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.
3rd grade
Science
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Design Your Own Planet
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Design Your Own Planet
In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.
Preschool
Science
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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.
Preschool
Math
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Mosaic Flower Pots
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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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Create a Paper Flower Bouquet
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Create a Paper Flower Bouquet
Create a floral paper collage in this 3-D art project!
3rd grade
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Ice Cream Science
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Ice Cream Science
What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!
1st grade
Science
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Reuse Markers to Create Liquid Watercolors
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Reuse Markers to Create Liquid Watercolors
Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!
Preschool
Fine arts
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Design Challenge: Making a Parachute
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Design Challenge: Making a Parachute
In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.
3rd grade
Science
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Leprechaun Trap!
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Leprechaun Trap!
Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!
2nd grade
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
2nd grade
Science
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Make a Mother's Day Book
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Make a Mother's Day Book
As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Little Leprechaun
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Little Leprechaun
Have your child create a little leprechaun to celebrate the season and create a little mischief.
3rd grade
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Make a Magic Leprechaun Pouch
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Make a Magic Leprechaun Pouch
Perform a special St. Patrick's Day magic trick with this fun craft project!
4th grade
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Design Challenge: Making a Solar Oven
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Design Challenge: Making a Solar Oven
In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!
3rd grade
Science
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Design and Build a City
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Design and Build a City
Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.
3rd grade
Science
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"Stained Glass" Flower
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"Stained Glass" Flower
Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!
3rd grade
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Design Challenge: Egg Drop
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Design Challenge: Egg Drop
In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.
3rd grade
Science
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What is Your Dream?
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What is Your Dream?
Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!
2nd grade
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Do-It-Yourself Solar Eclipse!
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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!
3rd grade
Science
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Prefixes and Suffixes
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Prefixes and Suffixes
It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
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Make a Timeline of an Influential Person
Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.
2nd grade
Social studies
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Money Tic-Tac-Toe
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Money Tic-Tac-Toe
Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.
2nd grade
Math
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Learning Why and How to Compost
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Learning Why and How to Compost
Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.
2nd grade
Science
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El Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Community Altar
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El Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Community Altar
El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days
Preschool
Social studies
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