Category: 3-3.5 Years
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Paper Plate Dinosaur
I found this cute idea on pinterest for a paper plate dinosaur! We HAD to try it out. I made a few adaptations and attached them with brads rather than just gluing so Landon could make his dinosaur come “alive”. Paper Plate Dinosaur 2 Paper Plates Paint Brads (Brass Fasteners) Cut one plate in half…
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Dinosaur Feet
We had a great time pretending we were a dinosaur with some really easy to make dinosaur feet. Dinosaur Feet Cardboard Ribbon Paint Cut out the shape of a dinosaur foot from cardboard. Punch holes on the left and right side of where your child’s foot will be next to the toes and a little…
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Dinosaur Hop
This is a very versatile game that can be adapted to whatever skill your child is working on. All you need is flash cards of whatever skill you’re working on and copies of the dinosaur foot print, custom colored of course! Then as your child names whatever flash card you are working on they get…
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Lacing with a colander
Landon has been on a lacing kick lately since I pulled out my alphabet lacing for him. As I was making dinner and draining the pasta, I had an idea. I pulled out the other colander I have and the laces from the alphabet set and let him go to town. I’m sure you could…
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Simple Science: Baking Soda and Vinegar
Sometimes the most excitement can be found in the simple things. Todays Landon and I experimented with baking soda and vinegar. It’s very inexpensive and fun to watch the reaction take place. I sprinkled a light later of baking soda on the bottom of a plastic tub and put some vinegar in a bowl. Using…
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Goop
I love how many of my posts recently really don’t have real words as their title. All are some form of a sticky, slimey or gooy substance that is just tons of fun for 3 year old boys (and their mom) to play in. We recently (ish) made soom Oobleck to play with. I even…
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Bubble Snakes
One of the activities we did for Landon’s birthday party was bubble snakes. As I was typing the post about his party, I realized I never posted about making bubble snakes! How could I forget that! This is, quick, easy, free and fun! How can you go wrong with that! Bubble Snakes Empty water bottle…
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Lacing Letters
One of the beauties about teaching Kindergarten for several years before deciding to be a stay at home mom is the masses of stuff I had accumulated that is now at my disposal to use with Landon. Some of the things are way beyond where he is academically but a lot of my alphabet and phonics stuff…
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How to Make Colored Rice
Yesterday it was sooo hot I had to plan activities to do inside. Colored rice… it’s a neat sensory tub activity and the coloring process can be just as fun. I have some other things in mind for the rest of the week to do with this rice. Colored Rice Ziploc bag of rice (a…
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Name and letter recognition practice
Here’s an activity for practicing all kinds of skills. This has fine motor, cutting, writing, letter recognition skill all packed into one activity. The original has the letters to his name on the bottom of the paper. He cut the letters out and then we worked together to spell out and find the letters and…