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.

The proportion game combines chance with math skills and is a perfect way for your third grader to become more familiar with equivalent fractions.

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

Make a clay sculpture of a fall tree to celebrate the changing seasons and bring out the artist in your third grader.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

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

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

Here's a math activity that uses coin riddles to help your third-grader improve his coin-counting and logical thinking skills.

Take the pain out of parts by disguising your third grader's fraction lessons as baking with these pumpkin breakfast muffins complete with ghostly marshmallows!

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.

These gingerbread cookies can be baked by your third grader. Make a warm batch of gingerbread cookies to bring some extra holiday cheer to your home.

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Is it a bird? Is it Superman? No, it's your third grader's homemade miniature plane zooming across the room on a zip line.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Practice math facts with your third grader was never so simple! This activity makes addition, subtraction, multiplication, and even division a lot more fun!

Looking for a healthy dessert? Find one with these yummy baked apples.

Check out this fun middle school science fair project idea on Newton's third law of motion and how you can change the speed of a rocket.

Want to go paperless this holiday season? Here's a delicious way to get your third grader started (and practice some writing in the process!)

Your third grader will love both recreating and dressing up as his favorite reptile with this frightening crocodile jaw costume!

Create equations in this strategic math card game. Your second or third grader can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a new way!

Make a personalized pillowcase for your third grader with his old-fashioned silhouette image. You won't be able to find these in stores!

Want to reuse materials that would otherwise get tossed in the trash? Show your third grader how to get crafty with old newspaper and fabric.

Banish your third grader's rainy day boredom by guiding his play group through a collaborative art project that leads up to the unveiling of a crazy creature!

On the next rainy day spent inside, delight your third grader by showing him how to make his own weatherproof octopus to display for those passing by.

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!