This month we’ve been learning about dinosaurs. Kids love dinosaurs and there are lots of fun ways to learn about them.
Learning About Dinosaurs
Pretending to be paleontologists. This is a Mother Goose Time kit activity, with paper trays and dinosaur skeletons. We assembled the trays and sprinkled sand over the paper skeleton. Using paint brushes, the children pretended to be paleontologists and discovered dinosaur bones. Very fun!
We even had field notes booklets to make drawings, write alphabet drawings or just make marks in. Kids love having their own notebooks and pencils!
Dinosaur magnet puzzle
Painting purple dinosaurs
Looking at dinosaur books
Learning about fossils
Writing our names like dinosaur names
Digging for bones
Dot art dinosaurs – dinosaurs were all different shapes and colors {well, maybe not this colorful!}
Dinosaur words
Painting dinosaur bone shapes (cardstock bone shape taped to paper tube)
Playing with magnets/one to one correspondence (templates from 123 Learn Curriculum)
Playing with dinosaurs
Learning about dinosaurs is fun!
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Jen
Friday 11th of May 2012
Where did you find the Pretending to be paleontologists activity? (The first three pictures of this post.) Thanks!
Jen
Friday 11th of May 2012
Oh, too bad. I don't subscribe to any curriculum; I'm just looking for a fun, small cost dino activity! I think I'll have to create a similar activity on my own. :)
Stacy@{ShareandRemember}
Friday 11th of May 2012
This was an activity included with the Mother Goose Time curriculum.
Stacy@{share and remember}
Monday 23rd of January 2012
Thanks for the comment. I should check, I think I have a bone cookie cutter as well. : ) This was an activity included with the Mother Goose Time curriculum.
Melissa {AllSewnUp}
Wednesday 18th of January 2012
great activities, I love the first one, so smart. I have a dog bone cookie cutter set that we've used during our dino-unit to paint with and to cut playdough.