Name: Minute Man National Historic Park Location: Lexington & Concord, Massachusetts Website: http://www.nps.gov/mima/index.htm Length of stay: 3 hours Minute Man National Historic Park is a on part of the battle road between Lexington and Concord. You can see clothes from the era and learn about the history that happened there. We started our trip in…
History can be fun by adding a sensory bin play to it. You can talk about different parts of history while kids explore the different figures and items in the bin. The American Revolution Sensory Bin is super easy to set up sensory bin for kids. You can learn about different parts of history and…
Check out my post that was at Mess for Less last Monday. At our house we often follow up a book with a craft. This time we read Ten Little Beasties by Ed Emberley and Rebecca Emberley. The story counts up to ten and back down to one. As we read the book the girls…
Reading Fun in the Sun is the combined work of Royal Baloo and 3 Dinosaurs. It will have a collection of 8 Units for the summer. It has over 60 pages total activities for Sight Words, Word Blends, Digraphs, & Dipthongs for free. What will I find in Unit 4? Sight Words: by, give, her,…
After a recent trip to the Minute Man National Historic Park we read the book Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Ted Rand. We looked at the lanterns we saw at the park. We talked about one or two lanterns and what was important about it. We also talked about how the poem…
Name: Walden Pond Location: Concord, Massachusetts Website: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/walden/ Length of stay: 90 minutes Walden Pond is a part of the Massachusetts Forest and Parks system. There is a replica of Thoreau’s house that you can wander into. There are trails around the pond and small beaches that you can swim at during the summer. Before…
We have joined the Virtual Summer Reading Program.. June’s author is Mo Willems. We read the book Are You Ready to Play Outside? (An Elephant and Piggie Book) (An Elephant and Piggie Book (7)). The girls loved the book. We read and acted out many parts: running, jumping, and skipping. Then we talked about playing…
Be sure and check out my first guest post at Mess for Less. I’m really excited about it. I hope you enjoy it! It will be up 7am EST. Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
Reading Fun in the Sun is the combined work of Royal Baloo and 3 Dinosaurs. It will have a collection of 8 Units for the summer. It has over 60 pages total activities for Sight Words, Word Blends, Digraphs, & Dipthongs for free. What will I find in Unit 3? Sight Words: an, has, let,…
The free Bug Pack is done. It contains butterflies, bees, ladybugs and more. This is a great learning pack for spring time. 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. The Bug Pack is…
We read In the Sea. It is great book about different types of ocean animals. Each animal has a cute poem or rhyming words What you need to make the Turtle Craft white cardstock blue yarn glue green turtle cut out brown construction paper How we made the Turtle Craft The girls put glue around…
The summer is here and car travel and vacations will be happening. The girls are looking forward to the trips but not the car rides. To make their time easier I made some simple seek and find activities from stickers. What you need: laminator, laminating sheets, stickers (I got mine at AC Moore for $1…
On our weekly trip to the library the girls saw a mommy duck and six ducklings swimming away. They were so excited about it. We went into the library and then came out. We sat on a bench and watched the pond. The girls were so excited by every simple little bird sound they heard….
Reading Fun in the Sun is the combined work of Royal Baloo and 3 Dinosaurs. It will have a collection of 8 Units for the summer. It has over 60 pages total activities for Sight Words, Word Blends, Digraphs, & Dipthongs for free. What will I find in Unit 2? Sight Words: ask, fly, had,…
I just love the ocean and I love having ocean themed printable to learn with. The free ocean pack is a great set of Tot, Preschool, Prek, and Kindergarten Packs. And I know we loved using the ocean printable pack over and over. The Ocean Pack is one of the favorite themed packs that are…
Name: The Discovery Museums Location: Acton, Massachusetts Website: http://www.discoverymuseums.org Length of stay: 2 hours The Discovery Museums has two parts: The Science Discovery Museum and the Children’s Discovery Museum. Each is geared towards different ages. The Science Discovery is more science math and learning. The Children’s Discovery Museum is about exploring and playing with the…
On Facebook I have a poll to see which small printable pack I should work on next. The options are: BBQ Pack, Bug Pack, Pete the Cat Pack, or Birds Pack. Check here for the Poll. Please take the time to vote. All four will be made eventually. This will let me know which you…
This is a fun way to keep track of how many sight words they have learned. You can place a sticker in a box as they learn a new word or write in the new word that they learn. My oldest has been using them to write in the word as she learns them. Each…
Reading Fun in the Sun is the combined work of Royal Baloo and 3 Dinosaurs. It will have a collection of 8 Units for the summer. It has over 60 pages total activities for Sight Words, Word Blends, Digraphs, & Dipthongs for free. What will I find in Unit 1? Sight Words: after, his, may,…
The book finds this month all came from the library. I always try and look and ask them about new books when they come in. This month we have dinosaurs, seasonal books and a few others that were fun. Dinosaur Pet by Neil Sedaka and Marc Sedaka is a great story about a boy and…
Summer is almost here! Now is the time to get ready for summer reading. This summer I have challenged my girls to read 100 different books. I have made these printables to help mark their progress. For every 10 books we read we plan on doing one Observation. What is in the Summer Reading Charts…
Model Magic happens to be a favorite craft for us. And I love when you can read a book and do a craft activity with it! We love dinosaurs so this is our dinosaur book and craft that we did with a fun book. We read the book Dinosaur Pet. We listened to the CD…
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Over the last few days we have taken a look at nature. We all took an early morning walk and saw everything that had recently bloomed. You could still see the dew on the grass… …which everyone had to touch… …and touch again to see if they could make a drip of water stay on…
On Facebook I have a poll to see which small printable pack I should work on next. The options are: BBQ Pack, Ocean Pack, Bug Pack, Pete the Cat Pack, or Birds Pack. Check here for the Poll. Please take the time to vote. All five will be made eventually. This will let me know…
A Free Dinosaur-themed printable pack! The dinosaur pack is so much fun to use. You have a mix of hands-on and low-prep printables for kids to use. You can learn dinosaur names, sizes, patterns, matching, colors, numbers 1 to 15, beginning sounds, and more. Plus you have a preschool and tot dinosaur pack and a…
My girls love reading books, but often struggle with words they might not know. I made these Early Reader Paper Plates for a lot of their favorite books. It is an easy early reading practice that you can use. These are fun to see how your child is reading and see where they need help….
Looking for shapes around a room in a classic way to do a hands on learning with shapes. This gives you some hands on learning while in your house. This square search is easy to do and can be changed up for any shape that you might need. The set up for this activity is…
Looking for a way to work on alternating on the stairs. This is a fun way to do it and get them engaged in what they are doing. Plus you get a little gross motor while doing it. What you need: Stairs, different colored socks and toys or items that match the color of the…
We have been working on patterns. This week we used socks. Rose and Amelia have been putting on a different socks each day and making patterns out of them. This is also a great activity to do with the book Fox in Socks. They put the socks on and then decide what the pattern will…