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Year three Activities

Looking for some great activities to keep your second grader busy? Our games and project ideas perfect for second graders are the perfect fusion of learning and fun. Our addition and subtraction games, including plenty of card games, make maths practise fun and easy. Feeling artsy? Browse our craft projects that promote creativity and help hone fine motor skills necessary for all that writing your kid will be expected to do! What's more, you'll find a bunch of reading activities that will enable your kid to grow from an emerging reader to a full-on bookworm! No matter what subject you're hoping to focus on, we have an activity that's just right. Check out our year three activities and find a few for your kid today!

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Separate Salt and Pepper With Static Electricity

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

Firework Science

Put your year three scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

States of Matter in a Baggie

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Maths Facts Secret Codes

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds maths facts while you're at it!

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.

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.

Make Your Own Abacus!

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make maths easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practise arithmetic.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its giant tentacles!

Play Subtraction "War"

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his maths facts mastery leap forward!

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.

See Seeds Come to Life!

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

Butterfly Life Cycle

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

Make Money Make "Cents" to Your Second Grader

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practise her maths skills by playing this fun game with her.

The Place Value Game

Use a deck of playing cards to practise place value and other maths concepts with your second grader!

How Windy Is It? A Weather Science Experiment

Help your year three scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

Fraction Board Game

Review fractions with your budding mathematician when you play this fun, educational maths board game.

Bottle Race Car

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

Maths Facts Game

Maths Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets maths. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

Close Call: An Addition Card Game

Create addition problems using critical thinking skills in this fun year three maths card game.

Superhero Lightning Bolt

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

'Handy' Thanksgiving Wreath

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Tell a Story in a Jar!

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

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.

Measurement Scavenger Hunt

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

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