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[quote=Anonymous]I had a mathy kid.  She tended to figure out a lot by herself and eventually we did end up accelerating her, but you can do enrichment too.

Games of all kinds have math applications from making moves, keeping score, etc.  Some have more direct math connections (ex. Monopoly).  My mathy daughter particularly liked geometric strategy games (Checkers, Chinese Checkers, Othello, Pentago, Connect 4, GO, Chess, Blokus, etc.)

My daughter went through a secret code phase.   There's a mystery series of books, Third-Grade Detectives by George E. Stanley and Salvatore Murdocca, that features secret codes.

Magic Squares and Sudoku don't require advanced math, but they do require logic.  Logic puzzles in general are good for math kids.

Louis Sachar wrote a book of math puzzles called Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School which is a companion to his Wayside school series.  The series is entertaining amd I highly recommend it for reading enjoyment.  Sideways Arithmetic, however, may not be for everyone.  While I don't remember the math being that hard, the puzzles require you to look at them from unconventional perspectives.

Origami appeals to kids in general, and for a mathy kid there's geometric aspects they might appreciate.

Give your son a tape measure and let him measure things.  Get him involved in crafts, maybe have him build something. He may find himself calculating perimeter and area or applying other math concepts in his real life.

Cooking/baking is excellent for math, especially  basic fractions.  If you want to make things more challenging you can halve/double recipes.

Buzz is a verbal math game that you can adapt to any level. You establish a pattern and start counting, substituting the word Buzz for any numbers that fit the pattern.

Ex. Even numbers and numbers with a three: 1, buzz, buzz, buzz, 5, buzz, 7, . . ., 11, buzz, buzz, buzz, 15, . . ., 29, buzz, buzz, buzz. . . (All 30s are buzzed), buzz, 41, . . .

You can buzz odd/evens, specific numbers, multiples, primes, squares, fibonacci, etc. You can combine rules as in the example above. It can be as simple or complex as you want. Good for those waiting times (long lines, restaurants, car trips, etc.)

If he knows the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) and the fundamental order of operations, he can play 24.  I used to have a link to a website with an online solitaire version, but the link stopped working.  You can probably find another or an app.  Here's a basic description of it in it's original card game version:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Game

The following are great resources, but they may expose him to new knowledge:

PBS has an excellent show called Cyberchase which is both entertaining and informative. My kids loved it and it covers a lot of math concepts.

You might try the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives:

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Hoagies has tons of links for enrichment in different subjects. Here's the math page (includes all math topics for all ages, some will be far too advanced for a third grader, but some will be relevant.)

https://www.hoagiesgifted.org/math.htm

The Sir Cumference book series by Cindy Neuschwander is good.  It introduces math concepts in the framework of a fictional story.

Theoni Pappas has a lot of good books that introduce mathematical topics that are outside of the regular math curriculum.  My daughter enjoyed Fractals, Googols, and Other Mathematical Tales.  She is especially known for her Penrose the Cat books.

There is a National Math Festival held every 2 years in DC (The next is in 2021).  I've never been, but it looks like a lot of fun.

https://www.nationalmathfestival.org/who-we-are/[/quote]

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