In our study of penguins, we put together a simple Penguin water bead sensory bin. This was a great way to explore them in a 3D environment. My girls love using water beads in the sensory bins. They give a good sensory experience while exploring the differences between the penguins on the ice and those…
We have been studying penguins at our house. It has been tons of fun. There are so many great books to read about penguins. We did this fun project as a part of our learning about penguins. Easy to set up activities are favorites at our house. You can make your own model magic penguin…
Hearts are a great theme for Valentines. This calendar set is a wonderful heart theme. We really enjoyed this calendar set last year and hope to enjoy it again this year! It is fun to be able to re-use themes during the year. This calendar set matched up with the Valentines Pack. It is fun…
Winter is finally here and it is fun to learn about the many different. This newest set of coloring pages matches up with the Winter Pack. I love this series of packs because they all go with a themed book for the main part. I love having the tie in book. Now we have these…
Winter is a very fun season and I thought it was time to do some fun math pages to add to the Snow Learning Pack! As my girls get older we need older materials to learn at home with. I’m always looking for ways to work on math facts that would be fun! This is…
Winter is fully here and it is time for some fun winter reading charts. These are to be added to our Fall and Summer weekly charts. Reading is a huge part of our kids education. We can add a small bit of fun to the reading by giving them some fun seasonal charts to work…
BOB Books are a favorite at our house. one of the last sections to learn to use is the “Making Words” printables from the set. I’m going to show you some ways that we use them. I love to make things as much hands on or different as I can. I wanted to show you…
Cursive writing is something that not all schools are teaching. I wanted to make sure that my girls have a chance to learn it. After we have had so much fun with the ABC Print Tracing pages with playdough mats for lowercase and uppercase. I thought it would be fun to have the same for…
Every year I challenge myself to read at least 50 books. Yes, that is about 1 book a week right now. With a little leeway for 2 weeks. I also during that reading want to make sure that I’m going everything I can to also learn new things. This year I added a few parenting…
We have entered winter and I thought it would be fun to share the chapter books we are reading. It is fun to look for new books for my third grader to read. We spend a lot of time reading every day. We also search the library over and over for fun books to read….
We have been doing a lot of exploring with just play and simple plank boards It has been a fun way to do some hands on out of the box learning. For post of this we made some plank board snowflakes! It was fun to see how creative they can be. Plus this is an…
Color mixing is always a lot of fun for kids to do. This is fun to explore the different shades of colors that kids can make. Every color mix is different . That means that outcome of the mix is always different and fun to explore For this months virtual books club we picked the…
Snowflakes are a great theme for the winter. They come in all shapes and sizes. This sensory bin was tons of fun to explore and look at the different textures and weights of all items in the bin. This is also a great white themed sensory bin as well. We did a lot of fun…
January’s theme is a great one! To the Laboratory! I’m looking forward to it, but most of all exploring some new books about it. I will admit that we don’t have many books in the house about science. I always get them at the library. We will be using the library to explore more books….
Learning math facts is very important for kids to learn. One way to learn them is to use Math Fact houses. My girls loved the addition and subtraction houses. They make learning really fun. A great way to build on this was to make some for multiplication and division. These are really easy to use….
I’m joining others to talk about the best post of 2014. I would have to say without a doubt I think it was the ABC Phonics Ladders. They were one of the best additions on the site for 2014. I know that I’m always adding things but this was my favorite. The ladders are easy…
After a month off we are back to to the Virtual Book Club again. This months author is Ellen Stoll Walsh. I have seen her books a lot but we have not read them. This is one of the reasons that I love being apart of the Virtual Book club for kids. You get to…
Did you have a favorite post from the year? Check out all the top posts that people liked in 2014! This is fun to see what people were interested in over the year. Did your favorite make the list? It is always fun to see what people are interested. The top post it seems is…
It has been a year since I started setting goals. It has been a great fun to see and mark off my goals as I make them. I found that goals help me be a better mom and person. I do know they only work IF I work on them. Just making goals is not…
Every year I look for books that we find interesting at the books store or just favorite reads from the library. There are always so many books to pick from and there are always new books coming out. I find it fun to explore new books with my girls and it always keeps us looking…
The sight word color by letter has been tons of fun to use. They are a great way for kids to work on spelling and make their own flashcards. This is the 4th set of the Sight Word Color by letter series. The Dolch Preprimer, Primer, First Grade and Second Grade have already been done….
This months books are all books finds from the library! Yes we visit the library often and ask about new books. The girls are always looking for books to read. They have some they love to read over and over. It is always fun to see what fun books they will find during the year….
Winter is here and time to update the Winter Calendar Printable! Snowflakes and snowman are a great theme for winter. We really enjoyed these calendars last year. It was fun to use. This calendar set matches up nicely with the Snow Learning Pack. Winter is a fun season for learning! Seasonal calendars make learning lots…
For those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, you are headed to summer. We just love the Beach Calendar last year. The Beach Calendar Set has been updated! I just love that there are so many beach themes that you can use. This set has been updated for January and February. It matches up perfectly…
Merry Christmas! My girls and I are taking a few days off! We shall be having fun and enjoying the season together! I’ll shall see you in the new year 2015! Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
Over the last few seasons I have got used to using to do lists I have found that I really love them. I might not make one every day but the days that I do I get so much more done. Since we are headed to winter it was time to get a winter themed…
Water beads are a favorite at our house! After the fall water bead search my girls asked for something just as fun for Christmas! This was tons of fun to set up and loads of sensory fun for them to play in. My girls love the Safari Ltd Designer TOOBS Christmas. I’m always looking for…
Dreidels and candles are a big part of Hanukkah. We always have fun exploring them in different ways. A few years ago we did a
There are so many ways to learn about the Nativity. And acrostic poem writing is a great way to do that. Kids can explore words and work on learning more about the Nativity. We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the…
Keeping on a budget it not always easy, but I will say that have a menu really does help with it. I love using the weekly Menus to keep track of what we are having. I can say that the weeks I make a menu the weeks goes so much better and the girls are…