We have had many days where we were stuck inside and unable to get out. This winter has been a long one. Something fun we have been doing is changing up some of our favorite activities. We have hula hoops in the house and we use them a lot for various activities. Today is about…
This is the 7th pack in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. There are 33 sets in the Romping & Roaring Number Packs. This is the second of the two themes for number 5. It has a castle and princess theme to the pack. This is a special set because 5 has two themes the…
If you have been following me on Instagram you will know that we have been getting TONS of snow and lots of snow days. We have been stuck inside for several days at a time. The snow has been to deep to get out or to cold to play in the snow. To keep us…
If you can believe it 3 Dinosaurs is 3 years old today. Yes it is! When I started 3 Dinosaurs I never imagined it would grow to be what it is today. The past two years I did something special for this day. This year life has been a little crazy and I don’t really…
While we have been stuck inside we have been doing some fun activities. This was a fun valentines themed science activity that we did. We explored wind and how it moves objects. The Tissue Paper Heart Activity is a great addition to the Valentines activities on the site. Science Fun with Tissue Paper Hearts This…
Starting today I’m running a sale on my stores to Celebrate 3 Dinosaurs 3rd birthday! Both stores will be 20% to 30% off off. 3 Dinosaurs is THREE years old on the 15th! Sales of these products go to keep 3 Dinosaurs up and running plus allows me to offer the free printables that I…
Another of the Fairly Tale packs is out. This time is Little Red Riding Hood. This has been a requested pack for a long time. I’m so happy to get around to getting it finished. There are so many variations of the story of Little Red Riding Hood. I hope that this pack goes well…
Dr Seuss books are a favorite at our house. We are always reading them. This is a fun hands-on activity for matching numbers with Truffula Trees. This is a hands-on activity that you can repeat several different times. We had a really hard time picking between the three books. It was not easy but we…
We are always looking for new ways to use the printables that I make. We did this fun hands on model magic heart craft by doing just that. This is a great fine motor activity plus being creative with the materials that you have on hand. What I like best about this project is that…
The St. Patrick’s Day Calendar Set has been updated for 2015. This is a fun theme for the month of March. It is a fun set to use last year. The fun part about these calendars is that the calendar cards can be used from year to year. This calendar set matches up nicely with…
We have been reviewing a lot of our ABCs.There are many different ways to do this. Lately we have been doings lots of hands on activities with plank boards. They are tons of fun and hands on. Plus it gives you many different ways to think about how you would create an object with the…
This months FreehomeschoolDeals.com printable is a Valentines Tile Words! These all match up with the Valentines Pack. These printables go great with the book: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose!. This lets you have more fun with the words and learning. What you will find in these printables: 20 pages of printables…
I’m really looking forward to this months theme of Poetry. There are so many fun poetry books to read to kids. We have several favorites at our house. We have had some that have been book finds for us as well. My favorite part about poetry is learning the different types and having your kids…
CVC Word family words are some of the first phonics that kids learn. They are easy to decode and that makes them fun to learn. This set of printables will help with the words. The set has flashcards and two types of writing practice for each word. All of these word family cards and writing…
Dr. Seuss is a favorite at our house. My girls would let me read them all day long if we had nothing else to do. I love the books for many reasons. The rhyming words are great that you can work on. They repeat a lot of the words in the books. Plus it is…
It is time for the monthly goals again. Each month I look over what I want to do and what is and is not working. Each month I work hard on making my goals work. It takes effort to make a goal and stick to it. I will say that with my goals and to…
Another month has come and gone. We have found so many new books we loved it was hard to just pick a few of them to share. This is a mix of library and books we bought. There are so many new and wonderful books to find when you look for them. The collection of…
Valentines is always a fun with the exchanging of cards. I always look for fun cards each year. This year I thought I would do something different. One thing I dislike about buying store cards is that the line for writing the name is always so small. Younger kids can never seem to fit their…
Magnets are something my girls love to play with at our house. We have been looking at books that have experiments about them. Our library recently added a STEM section with TONS of new books that are STEM-based. We have loved having these books. The girls wanted to explore some of the experiment books. There…
The next new pack is the Penguin Learning Pack! This is a fun pack to learn about penguins. Penguins are a great theme for the winter. There are so many different penguins to learn about. This pack is a learning pack. It has sheets and information for older kids to fill out. There is still…
In our study of penguins, we put together a simple Penguin water bead sensory bin. This was a great way to explore them in a 3D environment. My girls love using water beads in the sensory bins. They give a good sensory experience while exploring the differences between the penguins on the ice and those…
We have been studying penguins at our house. It has been tons of fun. There are so many great books to read about penguins. We did this fun project as a part of our learning about penguins. Easy to set up activities are favorites at our house. You can make your own model magic penguin…
Hearts are a great theme for Valentines. This calendar set is a wonderful heart theme. We really enjoyed this calendar set last year and hope to enjoy it again this year! It is fun to be able to re-use themes during the year. This calendar set matched up with the Valentines Pack. It is fun…
Winter is finally here and it is fun to learn about the many different. This newest set of coloring pages matches up with the Winter Pack. I love this series of packs because they all go with a themed book for the main part. I love having the tie in book. Now we have these…
Winter is a very fun season and I thought it was time to do some fun math pages to add to the Snow Learning Pack! As my girls get older we need older materials to learn at home with. I’m always looking for ways to work on math facts that would be fun! This is…
Winter is fully here and it is time for some fun winter reading charts. These are to be added to our Fall and Summer weekly charts. Reading is a huge part of our kids education. We can add a small bit of fun to the reading by giving them some fun seasonal charts to work…
BOB Books are a favorite at our house. one of the last sections to learn to use is the “Making Words” printables from the set. I’m going to show you some ways that we use them. I love to make things as much hands on or different as I can. I wanted to show you…
Cursive writing is something that not all schools are teaching. I wanted to make sure that my girls have a chance to learn it. After we have had so much fun with the ABC Print Tracing pages with playdough mats for lowercase and uppercase. I thought it would be fun to have the same for…
Every year I challenge myself to read at least 50 books. Yes, that is about 1 book a week right now. With a little leeway for 2 weeks. I also during that reading want to make sure that I’m going everything I can to also learn new things. This year I added a few parenting…
We have entered winter and I thought it would be fun to share the chapter books we are reading. It is fun to look for new books for my third grader to read. We spend a lot of time reading every day. We also search the library over and over for fun books to read….