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….
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…