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….
Who does not love some fun with Dot markers. These fun Halloween Dot markers were made to go with the Halloween Pack! The girls have been asking the last week when they would get Dot Marker pages. So here they are! 23 pages in total. There are themes likes, bat, haunted house,tomb stone, spider web…
I’ve taken some time to work on organizing the CVC Word Printables and added more as well. You can expect to find: Cards & Writing Sheets, Word Paths or Mazes, Playdough Mat, Coloring Page, Coloring Cards, Color by Word, and Packs. Currently only the “a” vowels are done: “-ad”, “-ag”, “-am”, “-an”, “-ap”, “-ar”, “-at”,…
Product: Reading the Easy Way! – 12 Week Program Price: $10 What is available: 12 week learning program to learn sight words. When I first saw the product I was very excited about it. It is always great to have good learning programs. I was lucky enough that Beth @ Living Life Intentionally asked me…
Sorting Letters from Name What you need: ABC buttons letters from the name (I got mine at Walmart 4 packs), basket, and sorting bin. Mary started the 4 letters. Mary said each letter as she sorted them. Matching Button Letters to Written name. What you need: ABC buttons letters for name sorted and paper with…
We read Chopsticks by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Scott Magoon for the Virtual Book Club. The girls loved reading Chopsticks after having read Spoon. What you need: yarn, pom poms, chopsticks of various kinds, pick up sticks, containers and plates. We tried to use the chopsticks. They pulled them apart. I showed them how you…
We read the book Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Scott Magoon. Then we took kitchen utensils and painted with them. What you need: paper, paint, and kitchen utensils. We started first with spoons. The girls used knives. The girls liked using the knife to spread paint around. Then they used forks. Rose and Amelia…
Tomorrow 3 Dinosaurs will have been around for 8 months. It has been an amazing 8 months. I want to thank everyone that has joined me here on the blog, rrs, email, Facebook, pinterest or Twitter. I’m working on starting Google + but not so good at it yet. I think we are over 3,000…
We read Peanuts: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. The girls put the stickers in the book for the right places as we read the book. It was lots of fun! What we used to make the Finger Paint Pumpkins pumpkin template orange finger paint paper plate black crayon How we made the Finger Paint…
Today I’m guest posting over at Crayon Freckles! I did a craft that went with a books from last months books finds. It is The Sunflower Sword (Andersen Press Picture Books) by Mark Sperring and Miriam Latimer. So hope over to Crayon Freckles and check it out! Be sure and tell her hello while you…
What do you do when mom is not feeling good? Let the girls create their own space story. This is so easy to set up and do. We have so much fun doing activities like this. Everyone gets to feel like they were part of the creation! The set up is easy just roll out…
Gross motor has always been one of our favorite things to do inside! Yup inside the house. Because we can’t always get outside. I started the ABC Gross Motor with the girls awhile ago. I first one I posted was for the Letter D. I have not posted all the letters we have done. I…
For World Space week we put together a Space sensory bin. This goes great with my Space Pack. This is s great ways to get some hands on learning. This bin if full of space items. You can learn about about how we explored space travel from the different object. Plus the planets are always…
Free Space Pack for World Space Week! World Space Week is from October 4th through October 10th. You have a mix of hands-on space printables and no-prep space worksheets for kids. The Space Pack Printable is a great addition to the space printables and free printable packs on the site. Space Pack Printable The Space…
At a time when we should have been doing something else. Someone presented us with a pile of leaves. How can you say no to that? This was great gross motor practice without me doing a thing! Playing in the leaves can be some of the following gross motor: running in the leaves throwing the…
If you missed our September Virtual Book Club for Kids, October is a great time to join up. This month we are doing Amy Krouse Rosenthal! Here are some of the great books you can read by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Amazon.com Widgets If you’re interested in joining this month’s book club, here’s what you need…
Free Christopher Columbus Mini Pack in time for Columbus Day! These Christopher Columbus printables are to be used with children from 2 to 7. Graphics: Columbus and Columbus Line Art purchased from Scrapping Doodles Christopher Columbus Mini Pack contains over 30 pages: 3 Part Cards, Beginning Sounds, Matching Cards, Read Write the Room, Which One…
I do a lot of sorting activities with Mary (31 months). She loves them but I’m always looking for something different to do. I was reading in The Happy Mommy Handbook by Katie Norris and Susan Case and saw an idea for buttons. I have since found out that buttons are a lot of fun…
I want to thank everyone that joined me in September 2012 and sent traffic my way. These are in no specific order. Living Montessori Now Royal Baloo Learn with Play at Home NurtureStore The Iowa Farmers Wife Enchanted Homeschooling Mom PreK and K Sharing Living Life Intentionally Totally Tots Homeschool Creations From Chalkboards to Strollers…
We read Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes. Then we did painting with strawberries, blueberries and mud. What you need: 3 plastic bins, strawberries, blueberries, dirt, water, paintbrushes, spoon, potato masher, paper with shoes. Amelia smashed the strawberries. Rose smashed the blueberries. Mary mixed the mud. The girls painted their strawberry shoes. The…
Most Loved in All the World by Tonya Cherie Hegamin and Cozbi Cabrera is a book about slavery and mom who made a quilt for the daughter. The mother was sending her to freedom. This book lead to lots of questions from my girls. We the historical information provided in the back. It gave the…
Fun printables to go with Pete the Cat! These Pete the Cat printables are to be used with children from 2 to 7. These printables were made to go with the books Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes Eric Litwin, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons Eric Litwin and Pete the…
Here are several new math printables! You are going to find addition and subtraction printable here. There are the final pages for the Ways to Add, Subtraction Flash Cards, and Mini Flash Cards for Addition and Subtraction! These free math printables are great for kids learning different math facts. Ways to Add Printables All kids…
What you need: scrubber, tree on page (can be found in the Fall Pack Extra: Dot Markers 2), and paints: red, yellow & orange. We reviewed the colors she would be using. Mary started painting with the scrubber. She has lots of fun and did some slight color mixing while painting. The Finished product. Cassie…
We read Earl the Squirrel by Don Freeman. The girls loved the story and the simple black white and red colors. It was a delightful story. We made yarn acorns. What you need: acorn cutout, glue and yarn light and dark brown. We compared the top and bottom of the acorn and the light and…
I get asked the question “What are you doing next?” So Today I’m going to answer that question. I have 7 packs that I’ll be working on over the next few months. I know there will be other added. Pete the Cat should be done and out on Friday! I’m also working on the CVCC…
We made a Fall Window similar to the Spring Window. We talked about changes that happen in the fall. We looked at the Fall Word cards from the Fall Pack. What you need to make this craft blue construction paper 3 short and 3 long strips of brown construction paper green construction paper glue stick,…