Preschool Powol Packets

This dinosaur activity happens to be one of my preschoolers favorites! To celebrate my new book,  A Dinosaur Made Me Sneeze , I am sharing loads of FREE dinosaur activities, and today it is a "Spot 3 Differences" activity!! This is the last day in my  10-day Preschool Dinosaur Activities series ! Check out the rest  HERE  (there's also a  gift card giveaway  in that post--scroll to the bottom for details)!! This printable activity includes three pages for a total of 12 count and clip cards! Each card has a different number (1-12) of dinosaurs on it. Well, two of the cards have pterosaurs on them...and even though they aren't dinosaurs, we still love them! My preschoolers love using clothespins! We use them for activities like these, to track their daily schedules, and sometimes just to play with! Obviously, this activity lets your children practice counting and number recognition. Less obviously, it helps them develop a concept of one-to-one relationships, which is an

This dinosaur activity happens to be one of my preschoolers favorites! To celebrate my new book,  A Dinosaur Made Me Sneeze , I am sharing loads of FREE dinosaur activities, and today it is a "Spot 3 Differences" activity!! This is the ninth activity in my  10-day Preschool Dinosaur Activities series ! Check out the rest  HERE  (there's also a gift card giveaway in that post--scroll to the bottom for details)!! This printable activity includes one page with two pictures on it. You can cut the pictures apart or just leave them together. If your preschoolers have trouble spotting the 3 differences, give simple hints like, "Are there any differences in the trees?" or "Are there any differences on the dinosaur faces?" If they absolutely cannot find the differences, use another sheet of paper to cover up a portion of the picture to help them focus. I think my daughter could do these all day long...I'll probably make some more soon because she loves the

I am super excited about this dinosaur activity because I think my preschoolers will love it! To celebrate my new book,  A Dinosaur Made Me Sneeze , I am sharing loads of FREE dinosaur activities, and today it is a "Find the Hidden Dinosaurs" activity!! This is the eighth activity in my  10-day Preschool Dinosaur Activities series ! Check out the rest  HERE  (there's also a  gift card giveaway  in that post--scroll to the bottom for details)!! This printable activity is kind of like playing hide-n-seek on paper! As your preschoolers find the number of each dinosaur, they can write it in the box at the bottom near the dinosaur. Or, if they aren't writing numbers yet, they can make tally marks or dots! I should probably make one quick note here--pterosaurs are technically not dinosaurs, but they lived during the same time and are such fun animals, that I tossed one in. Flying reptiles? Yes. Dinosaurs. No. :) But then, the trees aren't dinosaurs either. ;)  The link

We are moving right through our 10 days of FREE Dinosaur activities!!  To celebrate my new book,  A Dinosaur Made Me Sneeze , I am sharing loads of FREE dinosaur activities, and today, you can get these fantastic counting puzzles!! This is the seventh activity in my  10-day Preschool Dinosaur Activities series ! Check out the rest  HERE  (there's also a gift card giveaway in that post--scroll to the bottom for details)!! Today's printable activity includes 3 puzzle strip puzzles! One helps with counting and number recognition from 1-10, another uses numbers 11-20, and the third counts by 10's to 100! The link for the free preschool dinosaur activity is below! First, I want to share my new book with you! This is my first picture book! It combines silly characters with rock cycle science--it is both fun to read out loud and fun to look at the pictures! I would love to invite YOU to JOIN ME in its first hardcover print run! You can learn more (and see some of the inside pages

Today we start the second week of preschool dinosaur activities!! To celebrate my new book,  A Dinosaur Made Me Sneeze , I am sharing loads of FREE dinosaur activities, and today it is this I am a T. Rex, a coloring-book style minibook!! You will also want to check out all the other free dinosaur activities I have in the  10-day Preschool Dinosaur Activities series ! Check out the rest  HERE  (there's also a gift card giveaway in that post--scroll to the bottom for details)!! This printable activity includes one sheet that you fold up to make the minibook. Just print it out, fold it in half twice, and you have a little minibook! Color in the pictures and read the story! You will notice that the minibook is all about size comparisons -- it is doubly fun to find bananas the size of a T. Rex teeth, a couple apples to represent eyes, and make a T. Rex face!  To be fair, T. Rex had like 60 teeth, so you might not have a perfectly realistic mouth, but even just a couple are fun! You can

Today's Dinosaur Alphabet Stomp game might be my favorite part of the celebration of my new book  A Dinosaur Made Me Sneeze  & the annual 10 Days of Tips for Homeschoolers! It's such a fun and engaging way to review or learn letters! This is the 5th activity in my  10-day Preschool Dinosaur Activities series ! Check out the rest  HERE  (there's also a gift card giveaway in that post--scroll to the bottom for details)!! Here are a few reasons why I love this game: * It is SUPER FUN!! (I know it sounds silly, but learning is SO much easier when kids are having fun!) * It uses your preschoolers' WHOLE BODY! This gross motor development activates more parts of their brain, which means they will remember the activity (and letters!) better! * It strengthens skills that are important for early reading AND early math! * And, of course, it has DINOSAURS! ;)  This printable activity includes 26 dinosaurs holding each capital letter and 26 dinosaurs holding each lower case let

As part of the celebration of my new book A Dinosaur Made Me Sneeze & the annual 10 Days of Tips for Homeschoolers, I am sharing these Dinosaur Head-Tail Puzzles for your preschoolers!! This is the 4th activity in my  10-day Preschool Dinosaur Activities series ! Check out the rest  HERE  (there's also a gift card giveaway in that post--scroll to the bottom for details)!! This printable activity includes 8 dinosaur "head - tail" puzzles. Well, technically, there are 6 dinosaurs, one flying reptile, and one fish. But I might group them together and call them dinosaurs because it's shorter. ;) You can play tons of matching games with them! Try these ideas: 1- Place them all face-up and match them together. Older kids could race with you! 2- Place them all upside down and play memory or matching games with them. 3- Glue the right side of each dinosaur (or flying reptile or fish) to make a file folder matching game. 3- Use each puzzle piece like a card to play games

Have your preschoolers been enjoying our dinosaur activities this week? Today's dinosaur printable is a dot-to-dot set! This is the third activity in my  10-day Preschool Dinosaur Activities series ! Check out the rest  HERE  (there's also a gift card giveaway in that post--scroll to the bottom for details)!! This printable activity includes 4 different dinosaurs with dot-to-dot drawing on them! As your kids connect the dots, they are strengthening their fingers, practicing eye-hand coordination, reinforcing the concept of one-to-one correspondence (important for reading), and reviewing number identification and counting! Whew! That's a lot for a little dot-to-dot! And, of course, after they connect the dots they can color in the picture!! Try adding in some grass, butterflies, or a sun! You can also put the pages in sheet protectors and use a dry-erase marker to connect the dots! And remember you have ENDLESS options for coloring! Have you tried crayons, markers, colored p

Are you ready for our second preschool dinosaur activity? I hope so, because these {FREE} dinosaur shadow matching cards are ready for you! This is the second activity in my  10-day Preschool Dinosaur Activities series ! Check out the rest  HERE  (there's also a gift card giveaway in that post--scroll to the bottom for details)!! This printable activity includes 6 dinosaurs and 6 black dinosaur "shadows" that match them. Well, technically, it includes 5 dinosaurs and 1 pterodactyl, so I should really be calling it a prehistoric animals matching activity! But, since most of them are dinosaurs, we'll still go with dinosaurs in the name. :)  You can play loads of matching games with them! Here are a few ideas: 1- Place them face up on the floor or table and match them together! 2- Place them upside down and match them together. 3- Glue the shadows down to a file folder to make a file folder matching game. 4- Glue the dinosaurs onto cardstock. Keep one card blank to make

Do your preschoolers love dinosaurs? If so, this is the best week ever!! To celebrate my new book,  A Dinosaur Made Me Sneeze , I am sharing loads of FREE dinosaur activities, starting with this dinosaur number matching set!! This is the first activity in my 10-day Preschool Dinosaur Activities series ! Check out the rest HERE  (there's also a gift card giveaway in that post--scroll to the bottom for details)!! This printable activity includes 12 dinosaurs with different numbers of dots on them and 12 eggs with numbers printed on them. You can play endless matching games with them! My daughter wanted to cut them out -- her four-year old fingers only managed 5 of them before they got tired, but it only took me about 2 minutes to finish cutting them out. The first thing she wanted to do was line up the 12 eggs, and match each dinosaur to them. She (literally--her idea!) decided we needed to make it a game, so she "dealt" out the dinosaur "cards" to us, and we each