DinosaursDoes your child have a keen

interest in Dinosaurs? Here are some activities

to extend their play with their dinosaur toys further.(You can do these activities with other

toys of interest to)

Shadow drawing outdoors.Place the dinosaurs in a sunny spot in the garden and the shadow should appear. Use chalk to draw around the shadows creating your own dinosaurs. This can also be done on paper with crayons and pencils.

Do you notice how the shadows move? Why do you think this happens?

You can do this indoors too. Use a torch to create your shadows. Can you make them big and small?

Try using smaller chalks/crayons/pencils instead of chunky ones to challenge children’s fine motor skills.

Frozen dinosaur excavation.Why not try to freeze your dinosaurs in ice for this simple science experiment. Talk about water and how it changes from liquid to solid, discuss what differences there are with using cold or hot water to the ice in freeing the dinosaurs. Why not work those fine motor skills through using squeezy bottles, eye droppers or turkey baster to melt the ice. This is an opportunity for lots of discussion. You could record your findings to share.

Dinosaur feet painting.Dip your dinosaurs feet in paint and make footprints across your paper. Can you identify which set of footprints is thebiggest/smallest? Can you record the footprints in order of size e.g. smallest to biggest. Does the dinosaur have claws?How many claws do they have? Why not compare foot sizes with the family can you order who has the biggest down to the smallest.You could try making a pattern on your paper using your dinosaur footprints(Why not take a photo of your picture to show us).

Fun factDid you know that the word Dinosaur comes from the Greek language meaning

“Terrible lizard”Follow the link below to find

out more facts about Dinosaurs

https://learningmole.com/dinosaurs-for-kids/

Can you draw your own Dinosaur? Please don’t forget to share it with us on twitter or the website.