As you gain new books you learn new words. And I love that the BOB Books build on words that you know. They are great for kids who are just learning that need simple sentences and easy words to decode or remember. Each build gives you more decodable words and simple sight words. You build…
We read The Birds of Bethlehem by Tomie dePaola for the Virtual Book Club. This is a new book that just came out by Tomie dePaola. We made our own birds to watch over our Christmas this year. What you need: tissue paper of various colors, bird pattern on wax paper cut out, and glue….
Another Seasonal Pack For Christmas this time a Nativity Pack. The Nativity Pack Printables are a great addition to the Nativity Printables on the site. The Nativity Pack printables are to be used with children from 2 to 7. Nativity Books to read with the Nativity Pack This pack was made to go with the…
The girls love doing things different and you can always use a printable different than you think! This time we use the shape book from the Thanksgiving Tot Pack to make a fun new activity. We made some Thanksgiving Shape Matching Activities! What you need: Shape book from the Thanksgiving Tot Pack printed on card…
A Free Shelf Elf Pack! This is a great elf themed printable pack you can use with kids. It has loads of different tot, preschool, kindergarten, and some first grade activities for them. You have over 80 pages of printables to use with kids. The Shelf Elf Pack is a great addition to the Christmas…
What is a sensory bin? A sensory bin is typically a plastic tub or container filled with carefully selected materials and objects to stimulate the senses of children in preschool. Sensory bins might have rice, water beads, corn, beans, or other types filled with small items. Thanksgiving Sensory Bin This Thanksgiving sensory bin has a…
9 months ago I started this journey and was not sure where it would take me. I’ve met so many people and learned so much about myself and my girls along this journey and I look forward to keep going with it! I have several printables that are Holiday coming out. I’m working on several…
Rose just turned 7 and we had a Dinosaur Birthday Party! Rose has loved dinosaurs for a long time now. When people with boys who were invited asked if we were having a “princess party” I said no very easy. This was a party that boy would enjoy as much as girls would! The decorations…
There are so many great dinosaur books that you can read with kids. We load exploring and reading new dinosaur books when we can. We also like exploring new authors. So today we did a little of both a new dinosaur book and a new author (who quickly became a FAVORITE to read) for us…
As you work into each of the BOB Books Set 1 you build on each of the following books. You learn new sounds, words to sound out and sight words. You learn new CVC words and build up their early reading skills. These printables are something fun to go along with the books. You can…
We have been working on Mary learning her name letters and Amelia learning the uppercase and lowercase letters of her name. What you need: white paper, white crayon and water color paints. They were given the paper to start painting. They were told to tell me when they found something. Amelia found her “A” first….
A great dishes-themed pack to learn about knives, forks, spoons, plates and more. Plus a fun placemat for kids to color and use. All to help learn different parts of dishes that would go on a table. The Dishes printable pack is made to be used with children from 2 to 8. This pack was…
Today on the way to the bus it was a rush to find all the snow gear. Throwing on the coat and rushing to the door with hopes we would not miss the bus. Rose decided we needed to look for animal foot prints. Something we have done before. We did not see any. Rose…
What is more fun than having some Dot marker Pages to go with the Thanksgiving Pack! My girls love dot markers and you can always do some very fun things with them. There are so many different ways to use these pages. My girls are looking forward to using them. These match up with the…
Learning to write your name is a very important skill to know. Using q-tip for writing is a fun want to practice. This is a simple and easy activity to set up. Amelia knows how to write her name but we have started to work on just having an upper case “A” and the rest…
I want to take the time to say what I’m thankful for in regards to 3 Dinosaurs! 1. For the people who gave me the inspiration and the verbal encouragement to try. You know who you are. They have also been the best sounding board I could ever ask for. 2. For the web sites…
BOB Books are a great way to start working on basic CVC and sight words. They are great easy reader books with so many fun ways to learn with them. To go with the printables, can be used with the BOB Books and are a simple set of early reading printables.. These printables are a…
If you missed our October Virtual Book Club for Kids, November is a great time to join up. This month we are doing Tomie de Paola! Here are some of the great books you can read by Tomie de Paola. Amazon.com Widgets If you’re interested in joining this month’s book club, here’s what you need…
Because of requests after I made the Preprimer Sight Word dot marker words I’ve added the Dolch Sight Words Primer & 1st Grade. This is another 93 words. This has been fun to make and I have really enjoyed it! Plus these are such an easy way to make learning sight words a hands-on activity….
I want to thank everyone that joined me in October 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 NurtureStore Enchanted Homeschooling Mom PreK and K Sharing Living Life Intentionally Totally Tots Homeschool Creations From Chalkboards to Strollers…
My girls are excited about Halloween and we have done some activities Halloween already. One of the things we have talked about is safety. I read over a great post by JDaniel4’s Mom called Halloween Tips: Trick or Treating Etiquette. This is a great post that covers a lot of simple things to talk with…
Welcome to the 3 Dinosaurs Printable Help and Error page! This page is updated with the most common problems people have with the Printables on the site. As changes are made on the site, new information will be posted here. I’ve been getting a lot of questions about not being able to download the PDFs…
Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story is a book that my husband found. The girls just love it. It was a story about a group of mice going on a space shuttle mission. The smallest mouse was chosen and loved space travel. We also learn about the real mouse that is was based after….
What should have been a craft and activity afternoon turned into lets play in the leaves. Some times going off the scheduled plans means having just a little bit more fun. With the weather here turning nasty really soon. This was the last chance to enjoy something that was a fun fall activity. We always…
Another fun extra to the Halloween Pack. These are dot marker pages that will match up with the book The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. We just love this story and it is loads of fun. The dot marker pages are made to match up with the words and pictures from…
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. This is the same 120 plus in English pages now available in French. Download the Halloween Pack in French here. Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
We read Five Little Pumpkins and did a finger print Jack-O-Lantern. What we used: stamp pads and dot marker jack-o-lantern. First Amelia did the the green. Then she did the black. Last she did the orange. The Final Product. Check out all the Halloween activities on 3 Dinosaurs: Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
Name: Garden in the Woods Location: Framingham, Massachusetts Website: http://www.newenglandwild.org/visit/Garden-in-the-Woods Length of stay: 75 minutes Garden in the Woods is part of New England Wild Flower Society’s. It is a great collection of plants native to New England. You can see wild selection of common and rare plants to the area. It is fun to…
I want to thank everyone that entered the Reading the Easy Way! – 12 Week Program giveaway from Beth @ Living Life Intentionally! Our Winner is Becky E! I’ll be emailing her to let her know. She will have 72 hours to get back to me or someone else will be chosen. a Rafflecopter giveaway…
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. Please know these pack are as is and I won’t make any chagnes to them. This is the same 30 plus in English pages now available in French….