More Dino Activity Trays

Happy Tuesday Dino fans!!!
Here are this weeks activity trays:
Dino egg pouring
I got this idea from HERE

Dino Counting

Washing Dino's

Please ignore the unfinished wall. I'm waiting for hubby to sand so I can get painting.

Dino Color Sort

I also have some Dino science experiments coming up in the next few weeks. If it would stop raining here on the East Coast we can do our Dino bone excavation. Fingers crossed that we can get outside at some point this week:)

Thanksgiving For The American Readers

Canada had Thanksgiving in October but I still feel drawen to blogs that share their teaching aids and creative ideas for this special Holiday. When it comes to Thanksgiving I found it hard to find ideas this year, so I was so excited to finally find a blog that has shared so many great printables. I thought you all might want to take a look at this wonderful post by Musing Of Me. You can check it out HERE.
I know I will be using them for our next Thanksgiving:) Thank you Musings Of Me!

PLAY TABLE SNOWMAN COVERS

Remember When I made The GHOST covers? Well I decided that with the Season changing again to winter it was time to change out the chair covers. They turned out pretty cute don't you think?



Really simple and makes Jada super happy.
All you need is 2 Pillow cases in your color choice, glue gun, a bit of red paint, and felt shapes. It took about 5 to 10 minutes to whip these cuties up.
I might made some 3-D carrot noses if I get the time

Restaurant Activity Bag and Art Smock

I thought you might be tired of hearing about Dinosaurs! It's only week One and I need a break from Dino mania too!

I thought I might share my life saver:
This is our Restaurant bag/Outing bag. Commonly known as a diaper bag.


We got this bag for free from the Nestle Company. It came with a bottle, formula and coupons. The back of the bag has a pocket especially made for a change pad that also came with the bag.

Recently I had a friend ask me what I take for toys or entertainment while we are out to a restaurant. Let's just say that I learned what to take though trial and error. Jada was never a child who loved eating out. Those coloring place mats that the restaurant gives you with crayons just don't interest Jada. Last night we went out to dinner and got to try out our new "restaurant bag". Lets just say this time around dinner was quiet and not rushed. Waiting for our dinner to arrive to our table was peaceful and full of laughs. I think what really helped was she wasn't in a highchair, as she hates them. She sat in the booth style seat with us. The other thing that I think helped was I had new things in our bag for entertainment.

What's inside?
2 Board books
A packet of crackers
A crayon Wallet
Chalk Place mat
Chalk
Diapers and Wipes
2 Tylenol cups with measured eye dropper



I bought the Crayon Wallet HERE. She includes the crayons, paper and homemade crayons. You can see our doodles from last night:)
The chalk place mat I got from my sister, Katrina. she makes the most amazing things for kids. She should really sell it on Etsy! You can find some HERE. I give Jada a baby wipe to use as an eraser.
And last but not least Jada's favorite is the Tylenol measured cups. I save these when we run out of Tylenol. When we were at the restaurant I asked our server for a glass of water and filled one of the cups up. Jada loved transferring the water! It was one of those moments where I thought, Why didn't I think of this before?
What's in your outing bag???????????????????????????????????????????


Art Smock


This thing is a life saver. Or should I say stain saver! Once upon a time I met this wonderful woman named Liz who was my mentor for Emergent curriculum. She took me to her Daycare centre that she had in her home, to have a look at her setup. I gravitated to the art area and spyed her art smocks. Low and behold she made them! All you do is buy half a meter of rain retardant fabric. Fold it over and cut out a hole along the top for a head. Then sew elastic on each side for the arms to hold the smock in place. Mine are cut so they fall just at the children's knees. These are Brilliant I tell you, BRILLIANT!!!!! Mine pictured above are about 3.5 years old. I have one for each of the 6 children. They wash and dry beautifully. Yes they are frayed on the edges a bit but that's as far as it goes. The fabric doesn't snag or rip.
I have had store bought ones before and they just don't last or they aren't water proof. We use our smocks for water play, messy crafts or activities and baking.
Have a great Weekend!!!

Frozen Dino Fun

Frozen Dino Fun
I got this idea from The Activity Mom after seeing her post about frozen outdoor fun.

Check out those cool safety glasses!
The salt didn't last long. Jada had dumped the whole thing out in the first 5 minutes.

This would be a fun activity to do on a hot summers day

So much fun and the children stuck with it for at least 45 minutes.

Jada was not very impressed when she accidentally dumped the bucket and water went all down her arms. This picture was taken right before that happened. She was a trooper and stuck with the activity and refused to leave to get changed into dry clothing. A sure sign that the activity was a success

And what every mom hopes to see their children do by choice. Here she is reading her favorite book: These are a few of my favorite things. You must remember that song? you know from The Sound of Music. We actually have a copy that we keep in the car for long road trips.


This was a book the hospital gave her when she was born. I am so glad that Jada loves books. We may just have a large collection almost the size of the children's section at the library!

Dino palooza

Dino Palooza indeed! I went to the dollar store and found sooooooo much Dinosaur stuff

This was a total score! I was going to make my own Dino eggs that I found Here
but when I saw them at the dollar store and they came with the tools to dig it out I was sold! I can't wait to try them. I mean the children try them lol



The Dino bones will be fun to excavate from the sand box outside. The egg you see at the top right corner is a hatching egg. You put it water and a baby Dino will hatch over night. I plan on doing a egg experiment too so this little gem will fit right into my lesson plan:)

Dinosaur Activity trays

I have a ton of activity trays for this month but for now I will share a few and leave the rest for another post
Dino egg tong search
I got this Idea from HERE
I have seen on other blogs where they use a slotted spoon. I will probably change to the spoon in a few weeks once we get the hang of the new bagel tongs.

Dino fossil match I got from HERE
I decided to use the Terracotta clay to look more authentic


The next 3 activities I got from HERE

She has some really great ideas!




Sorting Dino's by size


I thought this was a cool idea. The children make eggs from play dough to fit into the Dino nest.


2 Dino eggs. So clever!

Stay tuned for more activities!