After a HUGE amount of requests the next Dolch Sight Word Playdough Mats with Tracing. This time it is for the Dolch Second Grade Sight Words. We have really enjoyed this style of the playdough mats. These mats are great for putting sensory and writing together. I know a lot of kids learn great when…
There is not a week that goes by that we have not lost a bookmark somewhere, and we are looking for new ones. Plus my girls love having seasonal and theme changes now and then. It makes it more interesting. My older girls need bookmarks for school work and their reading books. The medieval bookmarks…
Medieval has to be one of our favorite themes in our house. It is a theme we have read a lot about and one my girls could do over and over. We have been working more and more on addition, and I thought it would be fun to have something new to work on them….
One of our favorite themes has always been medieval. We have done tons with it over the years. It has been a fun one to think about. Today we have some medieval & fairy Tale themed writing paper to make writing time fun. I know that my girls love changing things up. And I know…
There are times we are stuck inside and can’t get out and it drives my girls up the wall! When I was picking out ideas for the medieval week my asked for a gross motor dice. They have been LOVING having the different themed dice. So we have a great Medieval Gross Motor Dice today!…
It seems that people have just loved the different counting mats. I know that my girls always loved to have different themes to work with while learning. It is why it is fun to have different themes to use. The free medieval counting mats have a fun knights and princesses theme. I wanted to reach…
Medieval and fairy tales are some of our favorite themes at our house. My girls are always picking out something fun to read or talk about medieval subjects. Some of our favorite books have this theme as well. Easy reader books are a great way for kids to learn to read and have fun themes….
My girls love playing hands-on games that they can do together. We are always working on ways to make math fun. The rolling and creating math games give them a fun way to work on math facts that are fun. The Roll a Fairy Tale Castle is an excellent way to review math and have…
The next weekly series is one that I’m doing alone. It is a special week to celebrate 5 years of 3 Dinosaurs! I asked on Facebook and the vote came back as a week of Medieval and Fairy Tale printables. I thought this would be fun because my first anniversary I did a Medieval Pack!…
The eighteenth 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…
We love doing crafts as months change. Valentines is one of our favorite holidays to do crafts. We have done several over the years. My girls had so much fun with our Christmas Washi Tape Wreaths; they asked to make another washi tape wreath. This is a simple Valentines Washi Tape Wreath that kids can…
The Alphabet Stomping Phonics packs are some of my favorite printables because they provide a variety of hands-on and no-prep printables for kids to learn their ABCs. Each pack has the same pages but changes the images for each letter. It makes it easy to find what you need to meet the needs of the…
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…