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.

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.

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

Young artists will combine two animals into one in this imaginative art-project-slash-game!

Probability can be a tough concept to master. Try playing this fun card game in order to help your third grader understand it a little better.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

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

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

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

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

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

Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Is your third grader bombing around on a bike these days? Here's a way to put all that fun time together with some math learning, too.

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.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

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

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.

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

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

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

This science fair project compares the allelopathic affects of juglone, a chemical agent produced by the Black Walnut tree, on two plants.

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

Show your third grader how to craft his own version of the symbolic Olympic rings using some easy-to-find art supplies!

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

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!)

Drift away with this charming craft that lets your child create a paper hot air balloon or two.

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.