Excavate dinosaurs from ice eggs! We did this fun dinosaur activity to help use up some of the boys’ restless energy the week before baby sister was born, and it worked really well. Simple set-up, not a lot of mess, and they were calm and busy for a good 40 minutes! To make them, […]

Playdough is still popular today and I am always scanning through for ideas on playdough as I don't feel I'm very imaginative with it and at just 2 don't...

Dinosaur sensory bin and small world. Also includes dinosaur book ideas for kids.

Roar! Are your kids dinosaur obsessed? Check out these educational dinosaur activities for kids: crafts, sensory trays, books to read, and more.

How big would a T-Rex's footprint be? The same size as our foot or bigger? We imagined it would be bigger. But how much bigger? We took off our shoes and placed them on the dino footprint. Still not enough shoes to cover it so we had to ask more children to bring their shoes. Then finally we had enough to cover the whole print. We estimated how many shoes there are... eleventen, 26, 3 Next we counted and found that it took 34 shoes to cover one dinosaur footprint. Wow! Then we read…

Crafts that double as science experiments are so much fun! What better way to teach your children about science then to make sure they enjoy the experience. Here is one of our favorite crafts. You can do this activity after taking a nature walk or just go outside and collect “specimens” to turn into fossils. You can also use household items or toys to turn... Read more

"C" suggested that we make a Zoo Box a few weeks ago and I thought it was a great idea. I'm always up for a new sensory box. We Re-Cycled our dry Black-Eyed Peas box (it was our Halloween Sensory box this fall) and added some Zoo Animals. We rounded up some play fences from our Play Mobil farm and some fences from our various "lands" I liked the way she built extra"cages" for animals outside of the box. That's the Meercat habitat -- just like the prairie dogs at our zoo! It was a great…

Dinosaur small world play - love the screening around the base! Gives it real character.

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Our volcano progressed to the dinosaur small world tray this week. The children were still keen to set the volcano off. And the sticky sw...

Early Years activities linked with dinosaurs.

This giant egg was left in our classroom. What on earth could be inside??? With this great little activity from Deanna Jump's Dinosaur Unit, the students and I had so much fun trying to figure it out. Look at how adorable these turned out. Then.....BAM! Man, it was mayhem when we walked back into the classroom from technology to find this ROARING dino! They were so excited! We made our Paleontologist Journal to keep all of our work in over the next 10 days. I love the detail my Littles put…

Our theme for the past few weeks has been dinosaurs. The children have engaged in a lot of learning as well as a lot of fun. They have gained an awareness of the wider world around them and compare…

Ask the children "What do dinosaurs say?" and they will all shout a big "Roar!" So I plan ahead for when I really want to ask a question like this:) This may seem silly but I do actually think about what questions

Dinosaur tuff spot

Yesterday I had a project to work on, so I dug out the mud play dough we used at our last Play & Learn Class and added E's dinosaurs. Before I even suggested it, she was making dinosaur tracks and impressions. To make the play dough, I used this recipe. It has cocoa in it, so it smells amazing! This kept E busy for even longer than it took me to finish my project! I'm going to "dig" this back out next week and add her construction vehicles to the mix!