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…
Flower have always been one of our favorite crafts and activities to do for spring. When you add a little change in how you paint it can be fun. By using straws you work on breath control while painting fun flowers. It gives kids a different way to paint instead of the same old way…
Hermit crabs have been one of our favorite ocean animals for a long time. We love reading about them and learning with them. The Hermit Crab Pack is a great pack to learn about other ocean animals that interact with hermit crabs. The Hermit Crab Pack is a great addition to the ocean printables and…
Sight Word Paths More Sight Word Paths are now done. My girls are using these with You Can Read program by 1+1+1=1. The new paths are “we, do, to”, “for, did, are, not”, “jump, look, help”, “no, am, so, he”, “where, funny, little, pretty” and “make, away, this.” There are lots of ways to use…
Check out this fun activity of painting butterflies and our trip to see real a Butterfly Place mentioned in the book. We read the book From Caterpillar to Butterfly. Then we took a trip to The Butterfly Place. We also read the book again when we got home and reviewed what we saw while we…
More Word Family Cards and Writing Sheets. Flash cards for the words and practice writing sheets. The next sets finished are “-ad”, “-ap”, “-ed”, and “-et”. Download the Word Family Cards More will be coming soon. Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
In April we started the 30 Days of Moving with Kids. It has been so much fun for the girls and I! We did a lot of walking outside. We went to parks. We did some gross motor inside: rolling and jumping like frogs. So far we plan to keep going with this challenge. The…
Using unique paint brushes is a fun way to do art. See how we reused our flowers that we colored. Most children love to paint and giving them something new to paint with is always fun. We colored some flower and before the flowers were thrown away we reused them for another project. I try…
Coloring flowers is an easy science project that everyone can do almost anywhere. We cut up 4 stems of mums. The girls each picked a color. Amelia picked red. Mary picked yellow. Rose picked green. We kept one set white to compare later. After a few hours we checked and saw some changes already. The…
The beach has great themes like sand, shells, crabs, ocean waves, sandcastles, and more. I could go out about how many fun things there are but you will find all these in this fun free beach pack! The beach pack was made to work with tot, preschool, prek, and kindergarten age kids. You can find…
Easy to use math and ABC printables. These are print and use printables. There are several different types of each printable. ABC Matching & Missing Activities The abc printables are matching printables and missing. These activities are great for filling in the missing letters and matching on a single page. A lot of the what…
Name: Ecotarium Location: Worcester, Massachusetts Website: http://www.ecotarium.org/ Length of stay: 90 minutes The Ecotarium is one of the girls’ favorite places to visit. We go there often. The outside is full of places to explore. There are a lots of animals to see while you visit. Animals The eagles there are some of the girls…
Here are some great books we have been reading. Some we have bought, but you never know what you can find at the library! The books from this month have the following themes: spring, math and abcs. Every month the girls look for new books. The books can be different than what we normally look…
I want to thank everyone that joined me in April 2012 and sent traffic my way. These are in no specific order. Money Saving Mommy Pinterest (Thanks to everyone that pinned something!) No Time for Flash Cards Oopsey Daisy Totally Tots Living Life Intentionally Enchanted Homeschooling Mom Facebook Some new things during the month were:…
The girls like music of all kinds. It is something we have playing in the house often. We have started listening to The Piano Guys on You Tube. Each of them have a favorite song. They will gather around the computer and watch a new video and then dance to the video. Here are some…
The Bear Snores On Pack is here! If you kids love this story this is a great pack to go with it! It has the animals from the story that you can use to help learn and write their names. I love having book related packs! The Bear Snores On Pack is a great addition…
Name: Longfellows Wayside Inn: Grist Mill Location: Sudbury, MA Website: http://www.wayside.org/guide/grist+mill Length of Stay: 45 minutes The Grist Mill is open from April to November. It is a great stop to see the workings of an historic water mill. Outside you can look around and see the waterwheel and the small pond and stream that…
The Little Red Hen is a class folktale story. It is one that is fun to read and learn from. We read the book and learned about making bread and the steps that we did. We read The Little Red Hen (Little Golden Book) and then made bread. Amelia put the ingredients in the mixer….
Word Family Cards More Word Family Cards and Writing Sheets. Flash cards for the words and practice writing sheets. The next sets finished are “-ip”, “-ig”, “-ot”, and “-it”. Download the Word Family Cards Word Family Playdough Mats There are new Word Family playdough mats now available: -ap & -ad Download the Word Family Playdough…
Name: The Dinosaur Place Location: Oakdale, Connecticut Website: https://thedinosaurplace.com/ Length of stay: 4 hours The Dinosaur Place is divided between large inside and outside areas. It has a wide range of activities for all ages. We had so much fun and spent more time than expected. Dino Trails Walk a 1-1/2 miles of trails and…
Over the past 2 weeks we have done a lot of walking around and just looking outside and enjoying the good weather. The girls love to try new things. We spun around on the floor in both directions until they were dizzy, then tried it again. We did some running around at the Dinosaur Place….
On Facebook I have a poll to see which small printable pack I should work on next. The options are: Woodland Animals, A House for Hermit Crab (World of Eric Carle), or Beach using “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell!” THIS POLL HAS ENDED. Check here for the Poll. Please take the…
We read The Falling Raindrop by Neil Johnson and Joel Chin. It is about how a rain drop feels while falling from the clouds. What you need: wax paper, glue, tissue paper: white, light blue, and dark blue, black construction paper, and black marker. Cover the wax paper with glue and put the light blue…
Zoo animals are great for kids to learn about. There are so many regions for kids to learn about. Each zoo animal is different and fun. We love having this free zoo pack to help kids learn about their animals. The Zoo Pack is great for Tot, Preschool, PreK, and Kindergarten age kids. You have…
Flower activities are a favorite at our house! We love doing them. This book we read with these activities is a favorite at our house! We read it every spring! We read Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden by Edith Pattou . Afterward we created our own garden and Crayola Model Magic flowers. Drawing Our Gardens Free draw…
Over the past few days we have gone outside a lot looking for signs of spring. The girls love finding the daffodils all over. They liked looking at the various flowering trees. Amelia and Mary loved picking small flowers. Mary liked to point out the colors of the flower and could say Daffodil so those…
Word Family Paths More Word Family Paths are now done. The new paths are “-op” and “-ug.” There are lots of ways to use them: put in sheet protectors and use dry erase markers, dot markers, water colors, or pom poms. The girls also enjoy just reading through the words on the page. Download the…
We are working on flowers right now and what better way to see lots of them than to take a trip to the flower shop! The shops carry different flowers throughout the year. This is a great way to look at flower and see the different smells and colors. This also allows them to touch…
What you need: green, yellow, red, pink, orange paints, brushes, Q tips, lids to put paint on, paper. The girls used a side of their fists to stamp out the flowers. They used Q tips to make the stamen of the flowers. The girls painted on their leafs and stem of the flowers. Cassie –…
For the first week of the challenge I let the girls pick a few things they wanted to do. The first day was crab walking. We just walked around the house the first time. The second day they did crab walk racing. It was lots to fun to see them smile. On the third day…