More Dinosaur Fun

Dino Color Bingo Mats

We played color bingo with dinosaur shaped mats.  To add fine motor skills to the activity we had the children use tweezers to pick up the right colored pom pom with.

Process Art Dino Style

We sat out construction paper shapes, scrap paper, paper tubes, scissors, glue, wiggle eyes and markers.  We also had different pictures of dinosaurs hanging in the creative art area.  Children where encouraged to create a dinosaur of their own and not one turned out alike.  

B is for Bones

We wanted to give the children an opportunity to explore bones like paleontologists, scientist that study dinosaur bones.

We sat out trays of cleaned chicken bones and bared them in clean play sand.  We placed magnifying glasses and small paint brush for the children to brush away the sand with, just like paleontologists do.  As they found the bones we had them place the bones on mates to see if they could figure out how the bones went together to form a skeleton. 

How to clean Chicken Bones

We boiled the chicken bones until all the meat and cartilage cooked off. Next we scraped the bones to get any remain stuff off the bones. Once the bones were clean we then placed them in a solution of bleach water and let them soak for about 30 minutes. We rinsed and placed them in the sun to dry.

Once you have gone through all the hard work they will last you for several years to come.

Dino Wall

The children have really been into dinosaurs so we turned the writing board into a large dinosaur.  Each child painted a spike for the board.  When the parents come in on the day we put it up each child was so excited about showing their parents the board and which picture they drew.  It is so great to see the excitement.

Dino Math Patterns

For our math unit on patterning we created dino shape mats for the children to create their own dino spike patterns with. We set out different baskets with pattern blocks in them for the children to use for their pattern making these baskets where then placed onto activity trays with a dino shape mat.

We found that by us adding the dino element to the activity the boys were more inclined to wanting to working on the project. It also kept their interest for a long amount of time.