If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

Find the area in this fun math card game. You'll help your child start thinking in terms of units as you create shapes out of playing cards.

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

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.

Create a special gift for Mother's or Father's Day using felt, cardstock and buttons to create a memorable frame in the shape of a heart.

By using a tapestry needle, double-sided tape and a stitch guide, this activity helps make sewing more accessible to a beginner.

Invite your child to create a lovely windmill using the ancient art of origami.

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!

Make your own menagerie of animals using empty walnut shells

Have fun making recycled paper using scraps of used paper in your home with this hands-on project.

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

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

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

In this project, waves of vibrations are experimented with using water in glasses.

Can your third grader catch a leprechaun using a homemade trap? Help her entice these folkloric Irish fairies with gold coins that they simply can't resist.

The project investigates how friction affects motion by using different surface textures.

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

Make unique and pretty bracelets using that all-purpose mainstay of crafts and home repair: duct tape!

In this science fair project you will make a model of a cell membrane using very simple material.

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.

Your child will create their very own traditional Indian Toran wall hanging using construction paper, yarn and paint.

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Re-purpose an old glass bottle into a cute vase using a few pieces of felt and a little imagination.

Here's how to create an easy travel checkers board that you are your child can enjoy together using simple materials.

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!