Tot School-Dinosaur Week Part One!

In honor of Grayson's new favorite show, Dinosaur Train, we decided to do a ton of dino fun! I got major help (and basically copied everything) from Carissa at 1+1+1=1. I couldn't wait to get it all together for him and see his face when I pulled it out! Matt loaned me the laminator from the office, and I cut and laminated away to get it all together.

We didn't start the dino fun until Tuesday, so I sat out his options for "school" on his table. Just stuck with some favorites and added a new one.


Some fun sorting pom poms...a favorite of Gray's. The only tongs I have for him right now are a little big, so finally he asked if he could use....

a clothespin! I happily agreed it was a better choice! :)

We added this last week...a wipe and clean book from Usborne Books. His favorite part is pulling the eraser out of the pen...and the only page he likes is this balloon tracing. It's a great one to come though; I just know it!

We started a Thanksgiving shape book this week and we'll finish next week hopefully...

He loves using this paint I got at Hobby Lobby!

We were on "D", so here is his "D is for Dots."

And what better week to have a Dinosaur theme??? I actually created him his first tot pack...again, see Carissa's blog to see all of her tot packs...a great way to keep all this together. I love that this is something I created for him without spending a lot of money...something he can keep for a very long time...it's filled with Ziploc bags to hold all the games I made for him. These are all printed on card stock and laminated so they'll last and he can use them over and over again.

All of his dino games in a tray for him to choose from:

He picked Dino Eggs first...he had to match the correct colored egg to the mommy dinosaur.

I thought this black and white matching game would be hard for him...a couple of the sets look a lot alike and there are no color differences...but he immediately matched them all within a few seconds and that was it for that game...never picked it up again.


Daddy even joined in the fun this week...some number sequencing at the table before supper...Grayson did well with this. He must take after his dad!

A little size sequencing with the dinosaurs....he loved this and kept picking it up all week.

This next one I printed off three sets...one of each dino, a sheet to match to, and the alphabet set for matching to as well. We never made it to the alphabet cards, but he loved picking up the dinosaurs and naming them....thanks, Dinosaur Train.

He LOVES the stegosaurus and its plates "that cool him off, Mommy."

We read a lot of dinosaur books this week:

This was a fun week for both of us. I think this is what excites me about teaching Grayson as he gets older...using something that interests him to expose him to so much more. He loved this so much, we've got more dinos in store for next week...if he's up to it. We'll also be recovering from tonsil/adenoid surgery so I'm not sure how much of anything we'll be doing!

I also downloaded an app for him on my iphone, and he loves it...he played it for 45 minutes this morning in our bedroom while I cleaned and Matt napped. Bring on the apps!!