a free site to help 3rd graders?

Question

is there a free online site to assist my child in homework when she needs help or/and to study?

Answer 1

Tons, hang on and I'll add them here...
Factmonster: http://www.factmonster.com/

more from factmonster (study tools):
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/01school1.html

Games to practice skills: http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill.cgi?A1=gba&A2=8&A7=0

Homework Help from Houghton Mifflin (a school textbook publisher): http://www.eduplace.com/parents/resources/homework/

Grammar Gorillas is great for learning the 8 parts of speech:http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html

Math help: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/index.html

More math topics to choose from: http://math.about.com/od/arithmetic/Arithmetic.htm

Yahoo!Kids StudyZone: http://kids.yahoo.com/learn

Awesome Library (one of my personal faves during the years I was teaching): http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html

Ask for Kids (click on one of the books to right for study help):
http://www.askforkids.com/

Kidsclick (a kid-safe search engine): http://www.kidsclick.org/

Web search site from the American Library Association (your child might need your help in navigating this site... subject-specific help is on lower part of page): http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm&CFID=75622468&CFTOKEN=97444523

Help for YOU from Scholastic to help your 3rd grader succeed in school: http://www.scholastic.com/schoolage/grade3/homework/10bestways.htm

Also, for YOU, figure out what your child needs help in, then type in that "keyword" plus the words "homework help" or "for kids" in your preferred search engine... that will bring up several sites like the ones above.

I know tons more and will gladly share them, if you email me.
Here is a great search engine, by the way: http://www.surfwax.com
(I learned about this one when I went to grad school to become a librarian).

Answer 2

It depends on what program the school is using, but this may be of help, so many schools are using this program:
Open Court 3rd Grade
http://eett.ceres.k12.ca.us/OpenCourt_3.htm
I used it last year for 2nd grade and it helped a lot !!
(Waiting for scruffycat to post, too!)
:-)