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Year three Activities

By the time students get to the year three, many have already decided on their favorite school subject. For that reason, itâ€™s important to have a reserve of interesting and engaging year three activities at the ready. These Education.com year three activities ideas, from turning maths practise into cracking secret codes to a drawing-infused writing activity, will inspire students hesitant to practise multiplication or grammar.

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Make a Cat in the Hat-Inspired Hat

Let your second grader channel a famous Dr. Seuss character--the Cat in the Hat--with this hat-making activity inspired by the main character.

Learn Where Wind Comes From

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Make Your Own Rainbow

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Rewrite the Fairy Tale Ending

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Hand Print Family Treasure

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

Create a Treasure Candle

Home made candles make for great home made gifts at Christmas, Mother's Day, birthdays. Great presents for any special occasion!

Pinball Machine Game

The next time you're trapped indoors on a dreary day, try this take on dodgeball. All you need are a group of kids, an open area and a soft, spongy ball.

Crisps are the hidden gem of the homemade dessert world.

Three Crafts for Beginning Birders

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Create a Fossil!

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Plan Stories with The Five-Finger Technique

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Understanding Headers and Subheaders

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Make a Dialogue Journal!

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Make a Reading Bookmark!

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Make a Family History Fanfold Timeline!

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organise information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Guess My Word: A Vocab Game

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

This Mother's Day, help your child practise maths measurement skills with this "mom" recipe card.

With this activity, you child will get an opportunity to apply skills she's learning in year three maths, and maybe learn something new about Dad.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Count 'N Catch: A Skip Counting Game

Encourage your child to practise skip counting by turning number patterns into this fun and interactive game of catch.

Minute maths: How to Estimate Time

This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock.

Puddle Science: Watch Evaporation in Action

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

Backyard Field Guide

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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