Dinosaur Pack Update

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A little over a year ago I first had the opportunity to talk with and then work with Cassie from 3 Dinosaurs.  Our first project together was a dinosaur pack.  It seemed fitting!

Since then we have worked on many many projects together, encouraged each other on a daily basis, and become great friends.  I’ve always heard of bloggers coming together and becoming friends, and now I’m thrilled that it’s happened to me.

As a way to commemorate the past year, we’ve decided to do a dinosaur pack update!

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I’ve updated mine to include more activities for kinder-2nd and Cassie has added many pages from toddler to first grade!

Here’s what I’ve added to my dinosaur packs:

Math:

Missing addend flip cards, Skip counting by 10s puzzle, how many?, Number Line, Even and odd sorting, fractions, Measuring, count and write the numbers, skip counting by 5s to 50, color your own pattern.

Language Arts:

Read and write the room cards, beginning sound cards, word search, Montessori matching cards, Fill in the ABCs, Following directions.

I hope you enjoy both the update and the original dinosaur pack!

And Don’t miss Cassie’s update!
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Go here to download the Dinosaur Pack Update!

A-J Review Game: Uno

The boys have been really into Uno the past few weeks and I had an idea to make an Uno style review game.  I know Royal is going to love it!

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This review game covers A-J and also includes Skip, Draw Two, and Wild cards.

 

The rules – every player starts with 7 cards.  The rest of the cards are placed in a pile face down, with one flipped over for the start of the game.  Player 1 plays a card from his/her hand that is either the same color or same letter as the turned card.  If no cards can be played, draw 1 from the pile.

Continue going back and forth until someone has one card left.  That player needs to say ‘Uno’.  A player can win by putting down all cards in their hand.

 

Go here to Download the A-J Uno Review Game!

Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni–Virtual Book Club for Kids

Leo Lionni is a favorite author of authors.  We don’t own a lot of his books, but the ones that we do own are read over and over and over again. 

 

 

We decided to check out a new book this month, and stumbled upon Inch by Inch.  I loved it immediately and the boys enjoyed it too!

We decided to see how many things we could find around the house that were 1in long.  I made these cute little Inchworm Rulers to help us out.  All 3 boys got a ruler, and then we set out to find our inch things.

Baloo found a pumpkin counter…
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Royal had to try a few lego blocks before finding one that was just the right size.
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And we kept going!
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Once we filled up one ruler we decided to stop.  10 things was enough!  The boys continued to go around measuring things with their rulers though.
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Would you like your own Inchworm Rulers?  You can get them here!

 

Check out what everyone else is doing with Leo Lionni books this month!
Toddler ApprovedRainy Day MumAdventures in Reading with Kids3 DinosaursRoyal BalooThe Educators’ Spin On ItInspiration LaboratoriesPleasantest Thing - Edventures with Kids - Two Big Two Little - Playing With Words 365Kitchen Counter ChroniclesOutlaw MomMommy and Me Book ClubCrafty Moms ShareNo Twiddle TwaddleThe Good Long Road - Ready. Set. Read 2 MeReading Confetti - Mama SmilesJuggling with Kids- Mom to 2 Posh Lil DivasCreekside LearningCreative Family FunThe Usual MayhemTeach PreschoolPlayDrMomCraftoArtHere Come the GirlsBeing a Conscious ParentSmiling like SunshineCrayon FrecklesTrain Up a ChildSmile Play LearnEnchanted Homeschooling MomCoffee Cups and CrayonsHaving Fun at Chelle’s House- Love, Play, LearnJuggling With KidsMotherhood on a DimeGrowing Book By BookThis Reading MamaFantastic Fun and Learning

We had quite a bit of fun with this book and I think it’s going to be making it’s way into our permanent collection!

 

If you want to participate in the Virutal Book Club link up, just follow these simple steps:
1. Pick your favorite Leo Lionni book and share it with your children and/or class!  (Feel free to comment here with which book you’ve chosen!)
2.  Create an activity, craft, recipe, project etc!  Do it and take pictures!
3. Come back  and share it with us!  The blog hop will be live for 3 weeks so share anytime in those 3 weeks!