I’m having a huge sale at both my stores! With 3 Dinosaurs anniversary coming up I’ve added a few new things! Plus Teachers Pay Teachers is having a Sight Wide sale! It is an excellent time to save! I’ve had tons of requests that I’ve been filling the last little while. I’ve made new learning…
Looking for the best alphabet activities for preschoolers? We’ll show you where to find them! I’m Anna Geiger, creator of The Measured Mom, and I’m thrilled to be guest posting at 3 Dinosaurs! As a former teacher turned SAHM, I’ve had the privilege of teaching the alphabet to five of our six children. When I’m…
It seems that holidays are a great time for placemats of all kinds. I was looking around and saw I did not have a Valentine’s themed set! I thought this would be a perfect time to make some. I know that at times I’m looking for ways to keep my girls at the table longer…
Reading is something we are always doing and changing. We totally loved the transportation reading charts. We had so much fun. The charts keep my girls reading and working toward goals. It is amazing how fun it is to fill up a chart and get a fun reward. These charts are similar to the summer…
Kids love to have books of their own. I know that my girls love having their personal books they could read. There are so many different ways you can make books for kids. Today we have a fun ABC themed book for kids in preschool to early kindergarten. Kids can have fun learning some letters…
February is always a huge month for me. It is the anniversary of when I started blogging. It has been 5 years since I started this blog. When I started out I had huge goals, I ran into what I wanted my goals for my blog to be the other day. I have kept notebooks…
I’m always looking for new ways to do sight words. We have done several sensory bags but I don’t think I’ve ever posted about them! This time was a sensory bag puzzle challenge! My girls love playing in a sensory bin and sensory bags. We have done a lot with them. I love putting them…
There are always kids who just don’t do well with flashcards. No matter how many times we drill them on the same cards they just don’t get it. Hands-on mats are an excellent visual way to get them learning their math facts. I just love these mats because they show the ten frame that will…
Counting is a basic math skill that helps when kids learn addition and other math skills. It is one type of learning that kids need. And I know my girls always loved to learn with different themes. You start with the ten frame and then build the picture on the side. These have been popular…
Math is one subject that people are always looking for activities to do with. I know that it is something I’m always trying to help my girls with. Fractions are something you start working on at different ages. Recently my 5th grader was working on them and learning to simplify fractions and learning that different…
We have another fun week of themed printables here. This time we have Valentines as our themed week. Valentines is such a fun theme to work with. This is going to be our week series for February. We are starting early because we wanted to make sure you got these before Valentines and had loads…
Every month we have a fun adventure looking for picture books. Yes, my older two still read pictures books. I know they are 11 and 9 and some tell me they should be reading just chapter books. But I have to see there are some amazing picture books that all ages can read. As always…
This summer we stood as a family and looked at the Grand Canyon. It was huge and amazing, and my girls stood in awe of the view. We talked about how the canyon formed. That it started as a simple stream that eroded away the area around it. This canyon did not form overnight. It…
Space is one theme you can do at almost any time. There is always something you can do. It can be as simple as walking outside and looking at the moon and stars. My girls have been interested in stars for a long time. My husband put stars on their ceiling in their room, and…
The seventeenth free pack is out today in the Alphabet Stomping Phonics Tot-Preschool Pack. Since the Tot-Preschool are different packs from the PreK-Kinder packs, they come out on a different day. The tot-preschool sets are a great compliment to the PreK-Kinder sets. It means you can have two different levels of learning using the same…
Space is one theme that we use year-round! It is an easy one to use. I’m always changing up our learning plans, and We have enjoyed themed finds at our house. We have been having so much with our space theme. I thought it would be fun to have some space themed finds to help…
When learning your ABC being flexible is a great thing to have. That is one reason I love these phonics sets. You can be flexible in what you are learning. Plus they have math and language thrown in while working on the ABCs. Each pack has the same pages but you can be flexible about…
Space has to be one of our favorite themed to do. We have done several sets of space weeks over the years. We have some favorite types of crafts to make. We love torn paper crafts. They are so much fun and everyone can be creative. Today we have some torn paper planets! There were…
My girls have wanted to try the perler fused beads for a long time. They have always looked like such fun to do! We got some for Christmas and they asked to make some planets for our space themed activities. I thought why not. Kids can be very creative when they have ideas. I also…
Kids love having games that they can play. Matching games can be fun for kids that like them. My youngest just loves games that you get to match something. We have been working on loads of learning to read games over the years. We have done several games with matching the rhyming words. I have…
We have been LOVING the gross motor dice. Even more, now that it is cold and snowy outside and we are always looking for a way to keep moving. With a week of space printables, my girls asked for a new gross motor dice. They love changing these up as much as they can. The…
One of our favorite subjects in the space theme is the moon! The moon and the phases of the moon is something you can study at any time and learn a lot from it! It is great science activity you can do. I also like that you can watch the moon at any time during…
Puzzles are an excellent way to work on different types of learning. I love using them for math and language activities. We loved the winter skip counting by two puzzles, and I thought some other skip counting puzzles would be fun. This time we have free space skip counting by five puzzles. I’ve never had…
Bookmarks have been really huge at our house. We just love using them. I’ve made some really fun bookmarks over the years. Today is another fun one similar to the dinosaur information bookmarks. A fun new information bookmarks about the planets. This is a fun way to involve kids in learning about the planets around…
My girls are HUGE space fans. It has been a theme they have always loved. We have really enjoyed the dinosaur multiplication cards and I thought it would be fun to have some division in another theme that they just love. Clip cards are great for working on a subject like math while getting in…
We are always doing some writing activity. I like to see how creative my girls can be. They always have great ideas for writing. They asked if I would make some space themed paper for them for our space week. I thought it would be fun to fun to have! It is fun how just…
We love changing up our themes during the year. We use the sight word cards all the time. They are fun to use, and my girls love the building mats. Our latest theme is Space! It is a great themed that can be used all year. Plus is ideal for those space lovers at your…
Another great week is coming, and this time it is SPACE! I’m so excited about the week. There is a mix of fun space themed printables coming your way! In 2017 This is going to a fun monthly series that you can check out! We have a year of themed picked out and can’t wait…
The sixteenth free pack is out today in the Alphabet Stomping Phonics Tot-Preschool Pack. Since the Tot-Preschool are different packs from the PreK-Kinder packs, they come out on a different day. The tot-preschool sets are a great compliment to the PreK-Kinder sets. It means you can have two different levels of learning using the same…
Every now and then we do crafts that change things up. I always love the ideas that my girls come up with. Their suggestion was that we use washi tape for making snowflakes. This is a simple way to make snowflakes and work on fine motor at the same time. And these is a simple…