Grade 3
Distance Education Program
Neurologically Enriching Activities: How Art and Cursive Writing Build Young Brains
Art and cursive writing are neurologically enriching activities that help build young brains in powerful ways.
🖍️ Art Boosts Brain Development by:
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Stimulating creativity and imagination
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Improving fine motor skills through hands-on tools
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Enhancing visual-spatial skills, useful in math and reading
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Supporting emotional expression
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Building focus and perseverance
✍️ Cursive Writing Strengthens the Brain by:
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Developing fine motor control and muscle memory
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Engaging both brain hemispheres
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Boosting literacy and spelling through letter flow and word patterns
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Improving memory and retention
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Fostering attention and self-discipline
Together, art and cursive writing offer neurologically enriching ways for children to grow in creativity, coordination, focus, and cognitive skills.
101 Favorite Stories from the Bible
Place Value Safari Game
Three Young Pilgrims
Math Lessons for a Living Education Level 3 with Answer Key
Grade 3 (Ages 8–9)
Third Grade Program (Ages 8–9)
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Social Studies: Early American History
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Science: Biomes, food chains, climate, trees
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Language Arts: Reading fluency, paragraph writing
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Math:
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4-digit addition/subtraction
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Multiplication/division (up to 10s)
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Rounding, area, place value, Roman numerals
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Materials: Reusable, non-consumable resources
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Focus: Hands-on, engaging, Christ-centered learning
Third Grade – Curriculum Package
This includes everything in the Third Grade curriculum package. You may choose to be billed monthly for the $55 per month tuition from August through May or click the button marked Full Year of Tuition to pay all the tuition in one payment.
$400.00
Third Grade – Full Year of Tuition
This is for families who prefer to pay tuition in a one-time payment for the year.
$550.00
101 Favorite Stories from the Bible
Have your children heard of how God made a path through the water for the Israelites, of the boy David and the giant Goliath, and of how Jesus loves the children? In easy-to-understand words, here are 101 favorite stories from the Bible that have delighted millions of children all around the world. Even young children who cannot read will love to look at the colorful, descriptive pictures. After each story, you will find a few questions to encourage discussion and help your child remember the stories. Bible stories are timeless and true. May God use the stories in this book to refresh your and new child’s hearts!
America’s Story Volume 1 Set
History comes alive through stories of explorers, pioneers, and cultures seeking freedom, land, and opportunity.
Volume One includes:
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Rich illustrations, maps, and photos
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Cultural insights and landmarks
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Key people and events that shaped the nation
From the colonies to California, meet those who built the America we know today.
Language Lessons for a Living Education 3
Level 3 further strengthens previous reading, observation, and communication skills while also introducing writing paragraphs. Students will narrate, copy, and memorize Scripture. Weekly, lessons include picture sketching to develop coordination and observation. Each quarter, reviews cover punctuation, grammar, writing and spelling. 411 pgs. This level also utilizes 101 Favorite Stories from the Bible. This course does assume that you’ll add independent reading for your student.
Word Roots Beginning
This 112-page book teaches students the meanings and spellings of common prefixes, roots, and suffixes to boost vocabulary, spelling, and decoding skills. By learning word parts in context, students retain spelling and expand their vocabulary for stronger reading and writing.
Pentime Cursive Grade 3
Perky animal characters guide third graders through the term giving instructions and explaining writing tips. Students practice their handwriting on health, safety, and courtesy.
Three Young Pilgrims
Historical fiction account of the Pilgrims as seen through the eyes of Bartholomew, Remember, and Mary Allerton. Beginning on board the ship just before land is sighted, richly detailed illustrations and captivating narrative portray life for the Mayflower Pilgrims here in the New World. The wedding of Priscilla Mullins and John Alden, the harvest, and, of course, the Thanksgiving feast are among the events chronicled as this story of the first year of settlement at Plymouth unfolds.
Finding Providence (I Can Read History)
The year is 1635, and Mary Williams and her family live in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her father, Roger, is on trial for preaching new ideas about freedom. When found guilty, he flees into the cold, telling Mary that she must trust in God’s providence to see him to safety.
Roger’s only hope of survival lies with the Narragansett Indians. Will Mary ever see her father again?
Sarah Whitcher’s Story
In Sarah Whitcher’s Story by award-winning author Elizabeth Yates, little Sarah follows a tiny bird away from her family’s cabin into the thick New Hampshire forest. When night come, Sarah realizes that she is lost. Settlers come from all across the countryside to help find her, but as the long days pass, the searchers grow desperate. In this historical fiction book only Sarah’s father believes that they will find her alive, and few would have expected a bear to have a part in her rescue.
The Cabin Faced West
Life was hard and friends were few for a young girl in western Pennsylvania, but a visit from General George Washington makes a lasting impression. A true story handed down from generation to generation until being published by author Jean Fritz. 124 pgs, pb.
Lion to Guard Us
Amanda Freebold’s father sails to the new colony of Jamestown, hoping to make a life there for his family. Amanda and her two siblings stay behind with their mother and work hard for Mistress Trippett to make ends meet in the meantime. After three years, the Freebold children’s mother dies and they are left alone. Amanda makes the hard decision to cross the ocean and join their father in the new world, and the children start the long, hard journey with only a brass lion that their father left to guard them.
Math Lessons for a Living Education: Level 3 with Answer Key
In Book 3, join Charlie, Charlotte, their baby sister Ella, and their parents as they prepare and go on a mission trip to Peru. Children will review concepts from Book 2 and learn addition and subtraction up to 4 digits, rounding to 10s, 100s, and 1000s, multiplication and division up to 10s, area of rectangles and squares, place value through millions, more measurement, solving for unknowns, greater/less than, and Roman numerals.
Place Value Safari Game
Mastering place value early is key to future math success—and this engaging game helps make it fun! Players solve addition and subtraction problems through 13, collecting and exchanging units for base ten rods. The goal: be the first to fill your board with 10 rods. Includes a colorful game board, quality components, 40 units (1cm), 40 rods (10cm), and 1 flat (10x10x1 cm). Great for ages 8+, or younger learners needing place value practice. For up to 4 players.
Adventures on Planet Earth – Level 3 (Let’s Talk Science)
From ecology to stewardship, students explore trees, the food chain, biomes, and animals like birds, sloths, and elephants, with Scripture “treasures” woven throughout.
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Conversational lessons, Apply It activities, and Digging Deeper sections in a personal Science Notebook
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A course calendar and materials list
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Highlighted vocabulary
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Building their own biome models
In the Woods Toob
Take a twilight stroll through the forest with this collection of 12 detailed woodland creatures, including an elk, black bear, frog, raccoon, bald eagle, and more.
Each hand-painted figurine is beautifully crafted to spark imaginative play. From the black snake to the monarch butterfly, this Toob brings the forest to life!
Toob size: 1.5″ L x 1.5″ W x 12.8″ H. Figurines range from 1.25″ to 3.75″ tall and showcase rich, realistic colors.
Nature Toob
Bring the outdoors inside with the Nature Toob! This set includes 12 hand-painted animals—like a fox, rabbit, moose, cardinal, and bald eagle—that fly, hop, and roam.
Watch a fox sneak by or spot a springtime cardinal with these durable, detailed figurines.
Toob measures 12.8″ tall and holds animals ranging from 1.25″ to 3.75″—perfect for young nature lovers and collectors alike.
South African Animals Toob
This TOOB includes 9 hand-painted animal figurines native to South Africa: African Elephant, Lion, Lioness, Spotted Hyena, White Rhino, Giraffe, Zebra, Cape Buffalo, and Cape Baboon.
Size & Colors:
TOOB measures 1.5″ x 1.5″ x 12.8″, with figures ranging from 1.25″ to 3.75″ tall. Animals feature realistic colors and patterns, from the gray rhino to the zebra’s black-and-white stripes.
Non-toxic and BPA-free. Part of the TOOBS® collection.
South American Animals Toob
Explore the unique wildlife of South America with this detailed TOOB featuring 8 minifigures: Jaguar, Three-Toed Sloth, Harpy Eagle, Giant Anteater, Capybara, Arapaima, Amazon River Dolphin (Boto), and Black Caiman.
Fun Facts:
From rainforest canopies to river depths, these animals represent South America’s incredible biodiversity. Discover the slow-moving sloth, powerful jaguar, and massive Arapaima—one of the world’s largest freshwater fish.
Teaching American History Through Art
Teaching American History Through Art offers a rich variety of activities—from hands-on crafts and drawing exercises to thoughtful art appreciation and focused studies of individual artists. Each lesson is paired with well-researched text and black-and-white illustrations that bring both history and art to life. I love the range of media and approaches used—and your children will too. These engaging, high-interest activities not only enhance your child’s understanding of American history, but also develop valuable art skills along the way.
Crayola Crayons 24 Count Box
It’s a classic Crayola pack! This box of 24 Crayola Crayons is perfect for coloring and creativity at home or at school. Each Crayola Crayon is double wrapped for extra strength and durability. Pick up our 24 Count as part of your coloring and school supply needs!
Fiskars Big Kids 6″ Scissors Assorted
Big Kids scissors feature a larger finger loop, 2.5-inch blades (6″ total length) and are perfect for grades 3-6. The handles come in assorted colors (sorry, no color choice available) and the stainless-steel blades will cut a variety of craft supplies including: foam, felt, tape, polyester, poster board, ribbon, cardboard, cardstock, cotton fabric, construction paper and other paper types.
SunWorks Construction Paper Assorted 9″x12″
SunWorks® Heavyweight Groundwood Construction Paper provides the best value in school grade construction paper. It is the perfect solution for school projects and other arts and crafts. It has bright and consistent colors, is slightly textured and cuts and folds evenly without cracking. Ten color assortment includes Scarlet, Black, Yellow-Orange, Brown, Pink, Violet, Blue, Holiday Green, White and Yellow. Recyclable.
Westward Ho! Heart of the Old West Music Book and CD (Experience History Through Music)
Dog Crimes
The six little dogs may all look adorable and innocent – but at least one of them is not! It’s up to you to find out who tore up the pillow, or ate the homework, or ruined the shoes, or committed one of the other unmentionable crimes! Put your deductive reasoning skills to the test. The game includes a game board with spaces for all six animals to sit. Forty challenge cards, rated beginner to expert, give clues to where specific dogs were when the crime occurred. It’s up to you to identify the canine criminal! Good luck, detective!
