This year we are adding to our Christmas ornaments by making some of our own. The girls have been growing to love sewing activities. What you need: knit-cro-sheen white, needle and red, white & green tinsel pom poms of various sizes (got at AC Moore). We had a fun time working on this project. Not…
This is a free hands on Mini Christmas Pack! This was a fun little mini Christmas pack made to go with Safari Ltd Designer TOOBS Christmas. This is a hands on learning pack. Lots of the activities can be done without the toob, but are made so much more fun with the toob! You can…
We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission. I’m often asked what you do with dot marker pages. Here is just one example of how we used the Wreath Dot marker Page. This is…
You can have fun this Christmas with a fun Bucket list idea to do with kids. And then check it off as you go. A fun collection of Christmas writing bucket lists to do with kids. December is here and it is a fun month! We are looking forward to this month! There are always…
Another month has passed as we are at the end of November. We have been reading lots of books this month. It is always hard to pick just a few books for the next month. Do you look for new books to try out each month? The next time you visit the library ask them…
It is Cyber Monday and I’m having a sale! 20% off both of my stores! This will run from December 2nd to December 4th! These sales are rare so enjoy them while you can! Here are just some of the products available at my stores. I will be adding more products soon! Romping & Roaring…
November just seemed to have flown right by me! Where did the time go? Thanksgiving was great and the girls as I have enjoyed our time together. Top 10 Posts from the Month This is always fun to see what people looked the most at! Did your favorite make the list? Free Thanksgiving Pack 30…
It’s Sunday here are the pictures from the week for the 365 Day Challenge from Peas and Carrots. Thanksgiving Learning Full post about this picture here. Sally Salamander Looking at the Tiger Book Dreidel stacking Dreidel spinning Menorah Day 3 Tree all finished! We are approaching the end of the year. I would love to…
A great free 12 Days of Christmas Pack. You have loads of activities for tot, preschool, prek, kindergarten, and first grade. Kids can enjoy learning about the 12 Days of Christmas plus have great activities to help with their learning. The 12 Days of Christmas printable pack is to be used with children from 2…
Today is a holiday in the US. We are taking the day off and relaxing. This is a fun time for us. We are going to be busy getting ready for the holidays. We have so much fun getting ready for Christmas and Hanukkah! We are going to enjoy the day. December is going to…
We did something different this month for the animal/pet theme. We picked an early reader book to be the book we used. The book we read was National Geographic Readers: Tigers. My oldest read the book on her own and made a book report on it. I read the book to my younger two girl….
With December just around the corner, I thought some new reading charts would be fun to have! With these charts, I thought it would be fun to tell you about some of our favorite books Christmas. We try and read one Christmas book every day. There is always new books to find and read. I…
At Christmas time one of our favorite stories is the Polar Express. For that reason I’m updating a small part of the Polar Express to add some more coloring pages. These are lots of fun to do. We love having them. I really do like having these additional sheets when learning about the story or…
This was a fun hands on learning Thanksgiving sensory bin. We did a Thanksgiving Sensory Bin that was similar but slightly differnt. Sensory bins are a great way to explore different types of learning. And this is a book and sensory bin activity for Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving Squanto’s Journey Sensory Bin is a great addition…
It’s Sunday here are the pictures from the week for the 365 Day Challenge from Peas and Carrots. Working on writing her name. Rain drops in the puddle Clouds in the morning Sun in the trees as it starts to set. Clouds in the morning again – Good week for fun clouds First pair of…
Last year the Christmas Elf Pack was one of our favorite packs to do. Now it is getting a small update for some different activities! These Shelf Elf Pack printables are to be used with children from 2 to 8. This pack was made to go with the following book Elf on the Shelf: A…
The Watercolor Color Wheel is a great addition to the monster activities and color activities on the site. What is a Color Wheel? A color wheel is a circular diagram that organizes colors based on their relationships to each other We made this fun color wheel activity with paper, and mixing watercolor pencils. It is…
Yeah! Lots of Christmas Calendar Cards! For Christmas, I could not decide on one theme so I have 3 of them. Elves, Santa and Christmas Items. I love Christmas and it is my favorite time of the year. I look forward to it every time. I think that is why I did so many printables…
Looking for a great fine motor skill and also teaches you writing your ABCs at the same time? Then you have to try this out. Recently we did the ABC Sensory Bin and I printed out the all the Upper Case ABCs Dot Markers on one paper for the activity. My middle girl asked if…
Here is a small update to the Original Hanukkah Pack! Lots of new pages added and activities for Hanukkah for the different ages. You have a mix of hands-on Hanukkah activities and no-prep Hanukkah worksheets. All that works great for tot, preschool, prek, kindergarten and first grade. We have included links to some of the…
Simple and easy to use Nativity coloring page. These are an easy way to work on the Nativity words with beginning sounds, coloring and tracing! You have people from the nativity story for kids to learn. We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you…
Over the past week plus the girls have had my parents visiting. We found a book that just went perfect for the week How to Babysit a Grandpa. This is a great book about you baby sit grandpa and all the things you should do. Grandpa read the book to them. They all had fun…
It’s Sunday here are the pictures from the week for the 365 Day Challenge from Peas and Carrots. Project stuff On a drive It snowing Leaf coming off tree Geese on the grass Sunset Rose with Grandpa at her baptism. Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
The Seasonal Calendar Set for December is the Nativity calendar. This is the first of the seasonal calendars for December. I could not decide which one I wanted to do so I’m doing two of them. These calendar cards match up with the Nativity Pack 2. I just loved this pack last year. We did…
Name: King Richards Faire Location: Carver, Massachusetts Website: http://kingrichardsfaire.net/ Length of stay: 3 hours King Richards Faire has been around a few years. This is one of the girls favorite places to go in the fall. This is a great family trip. There are many different things to see. They have a joust area and…
This month we read one of my favorite books Hogwash! (Wilson, Karma). This is a story about spring and a farmer cleaning up his farm. The hogs don’t want to be washed. We love to follow the story through and see what happens. What you need: brown paper cut in strips, brown yarn, green &…
It’s Sunday here are the pictures from the week for the 365 Day Challenge from Peas and Carrots. Nail Fun A tree holding on to its leaves Sun through the tree Fun clouds in the sky Wasp Nest Sun through the clouds Covered Bridge Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
Last year about this time we had a Button Sensory Bin. We loved it. Now we have a slight take on part of it with an ABC Sensory Bin. We have been using these buttons and letter tiles forever. It was just after Halloween my youngest walks up with the alphabet buttons, bin, rice and…
The Free Little Red Hen pack is a great story theme pack that you can use with kids. You have several different types of little red hen themes in the pack. You are going to have hands-on Little Red Hen printables and Little Red Hen worksheets that work with various ages. The Little Red Hen…
Name: Hammond Castle Location: Gloucester, Massachusetts Website: http://www.hammondcastle.org Length of stay: 1 1/2 hours This a great look at a castle someone built on the side of the ocean in Gloucester, Massachusetts. It was built by John Jays Hammond, Jr. from 1926-1929. He was in inventor and build this castle. There is a collection of…