Dinosaurs....for no particular reason

The little shelf in the little living room has changed finally from all the Valentine's Day stuff.  We have a dinosaur floor puzzle, a tray with toy dinosaurs, a tray with foam sheets and numbers written on them and a bowl of foam dinosaur stickers, a tray with a dinosaur map from an old National Geographic and some paper for Ada to practice writing her letters.  Book bucket has our collection of dinosaur related books- the biggest hit is the National Geographic Kids dinosaur reference book (plus I can answer the questions without looking things up on my computer which is extra nice- helps show books as learning tools not just entertainment which actually appeals to Ada).

The puzzle is a popular one.  This is a 32 piecer that they both can work on pretty well together which I like.  Not too much competition.

Working hard.....

Inspecting their work...

Proud sisters...

There has been lots of play with the dino figures.   I've been trying to rotate some toys in and out of rotation- I'm not very good about it and don't have a system but when I know we have a bunch of something of a particular theme I've made a bin and tucked it in a closet so they haven't played with the dinos in a while which was certainly part of the fun.

Without me saying/ showing/ presenting the number activity, Ada did 1-4 on her own.  When I noticed this I decided to jump in and help so Emma didn't just start stickering everything since we had a limited number of stickers (only exactly enough for 1-9).  We worked together and the girls did a nice job practicing their counting.  Then Ada lined them up and we practiced counting a few times.

More dinosaur stuff tomorrow.....