Name: Ecotarium Location: Worcester, Massachusetts Website: http://www.ecotarium.org/ Length of stay: 2 hours The Ecotarium is one of the girls’ favorite places to visit. We love going to visit to see the changes to the Ecotarium during the winter months. I’ve had people ask why we go back to places and some what I’m going to…
This is a fun way to use the dot marker printables. This dot maker wreath is part of the Christmas pack. There are so many ways to do and use these pages. This is just one fun way we have been using them. This is easy to set up and do. You could do any…
Winter start on Friday December 21! Here are some Winter Reading Charts that are like the Summer and Fall Reading Charts! Each season so far I have challenged my girls to read 100 different books. I made these printables for them. So far Summer, Fall and now Winter is made. We plan on doing one…
This month we read Mossy by Jan Brett for the Virtual Book Club for Kids. Yes, I know she has a lot of Holiday books but I wanted to do one that was not holiday to show some of the different books she has! What you need: green construction paper, white paper, flower foam stickers,…
It is amazing to believe that 10 months ago I started 3 Dinosaurs. I’m so happy to still be going and have so many amazing people following me. Over 32 different packs have been made and some of those packs are in French as well. If you told me I would have been making them…
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. This is a great addition to the Christmas activities on the site. We have been exploring both Christmas words and reading Christmas books. We went through…
The next French pack is available: The Polar Express. This is the same 70 pages in French that were in English. These pages are as is. The person who translated them is not around to answer questions on these. Please understand I don’t make updates on free packs. Graphics: Polar Express purchased from Scrapping Doodles…
Looking for a fun way to explore some of the packs. These two fun additions of these finger puppets for the Reindeer Pack and the Polar Express Pack. My girls have enjoyed the Nativity Finger Puppets and asked for more. So here at the Polar Express and Reindeer Finger Puppets! These were a great add…
The balance cushion is a new addition at our house. It came recommended by the OT that Mary’s is seeing. So we are giving it a try! This is becoming part of the “Sensory Diet”. Which I will admit is something new for me. I have a few months left to learn a lot in…
A fun menorah craft for kids to make for Hanukkah that has a great book that you can read as well. You can read the book and make this great craft. This is a great addition to the Hanukkah Crafts on the site. We have included links to some of the products and resources we…
With the use of my Hanukkah Pack, we have been counting down the nights and graphing out dreidel spins. This has been great fun for the girls. Each night we have been coloring the candles on our Color the Menorah Each Night. It is a fun way the girls can keep track of what night…
Name: Thanksgiving Point: Museum of Ancient Life Location: Lehi, Utah Website: https://www.thanksgivingpoint.org/visit/museum_of_ancient_life/about.html Length of stay: 2 hours Thanksgiving Point Museum of Ancient Life is a great place to see many different types of fossils from different periods of development. The fossils are arranged in many different ways. Most of them look like scenes from their…
Yes, you heard that right, a second Nativity Pack. These images were just too good to pass up. There are a few different things in this pack! I can’t wait for you to see it. The Nativity 2 Pack Printables are a great addition to the Nativity Printables on the site. The Nativity 2 Pack…
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. This is a great addition to the Hanukkah activities on the site. I have been exploring Hanukkah with the girls. It has been a great fun….
There are a lot of Dot marker words on the site. A common question is how do you use them if you don’t have dot makers. There are many ways you can use them. I always try and think out of the dot when I can. These are fun little circles that you can use…
We celebrate two holidays: Christmas and Hanukkah. It has become something fun to look forward to! The girls love having both! It has not always been easy to balance it all out, but something fun no matter what. Here are two books that cover this subject: My Two Holidays: A Hanukkah and Christmas Story and…
Are you doing a count down to Christmas? We have two different ways going right now! I blogged already about the other one we are doing with our Elf Red Snowflake. This coloring chart was made by MelonHeadz Illustrations as a freebie that she offered. I included it as part of the Reindeer Pack Part…
This week are still in Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers. Book 6 is now available. Each week you will find Word Paths, Read Write & Stamp, Making BOB Book Words, Write a Sentence with the word, Cube Flashcards and this week a special Dot Mark Words. A great way to use the words from…
If you missed our November Virtual Book Club for Kids, December is a great time to join up. This month we are doing Jan Brett! She is one of my favorite authors! Here are some of the great books you can read by Jan Brett. Amazon.com Widgets If you’re interested in joining this month’s book…
You have a fun learning about Hanukkah and having fun with Hanukkah-themed activities with this fun free Hanukkah Pack. You are going to find Hanukkah vocab cards, dreidel spin and graph, color matching, puzzles and dreidels, and more. You have a mix of hands-on Hanukkah activities and no-prep Hanukkah worksheets. All that work great for…
I want to thank everyone that joined me in November 2012 and sent traffic my way. These are in no specific order. Creative Learning Fun 1+1+1=1 Living Montessori Now Royal Baloo Learn with Play at Home Enchanted Homeschooling Mom One Perfect Day PreK and K Sharing Totally Tots Homeschool Creations From Chalkboards to Strollers Rockabye…
A Free Reindeer Pack for those kids that love a reindeer theme a Christmas! This is also put out with Erin from Royal Baloo! Between the two packs there are over 220 pages! We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the…
With three girls you would not think “Dinosaurs”. But that is something we have a lot of! Someone asked me for a list of items to buy someone who is interested in Dinosaurs. I have made a short list of items that we have and have enjoyed! Figures Schleich Tyrannosaurus Rex Schleich Brachiosaurus Schleich StegosaurusSchleich…
The books this month a lot come from looking at Christmas books we wanted to get this year. I hope that you can enjoy them as much as we have and will during the holiday season! Yum Yum!: What Fun! by Mara Bergman and Nick Maland is a great book about two kids and a…
Over the weekend our Elf on the Shelf, the girls named last year Red Snowflake, arrived. They were very excited to see her. There are so many fun ways to learn with your elves. Do you do anything learning with your elves? We had Elf Cookies to celebrate! It is a fun tradition to start…
The Yarn Poinsettia is a great addition to the Christmas crafts on the site. 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. We read The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola and made…
Buttons are a fun flexible activity for kids. I was introduce to the idea of doing more with them in The Happy Mommy Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide on Keeping Your Toddlers and Preschoolers Busy, Out of Trouble and Motivated to Learn. I feel in love with the idea of doing activities with something so…
I know that learning to read is not always easy. That is one reason why I love the BOB Books so much. They introduce words, sounds, and sight words slowly over several books. Each book builds on the book before it. So the same sounds you learned in the books before, are used again with…
If you are like me you don’t like to have tons of things to pull out for decorating for a holiday. Then after the holiday is over pulling all the decorations down. One easy way I get around this for Christmas is I wrap the pictures in the house! It is simple and easy, plus…
Christmas has so many great themes and activities for kids to learn with. This free Christmas Pack is great for Tot, Preschool, Prek, and Kindergarten! You have a mix of cards, no-prep pages, hands-on puzzles, and more with loads of Christmas themes. Plus the pack goes along with a great Christmas book! We have included…