At the Dino Diner your child can match plastic dinosaurs with assorted foods that carnivores, herbivores and omnivores would eat. Don’t be afraid to use the scientific terms, children love learning that stuff. Dinosaur Facts Omnivore (both) Carnivore (meat eater) Herbivore (plant eater) Pachycephalosaurus Carnotaurus Anchiceratops Compsognathus Ankylosaurus Plesiosaurus Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus Tyrannosaurus Rex Brachiosaurus Velociraptor Duckbill (Hadrosaurus) Parasaurolophus...
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This activity should be done in advance so you have time to cut out and tape the pieces together.  You will be creating your own life-size stencils of dinosaur foot prints. Make the Full Size Dinosaur Footprint Materials: scissors masking tape Download for $1 the Tyrannosaurus Rex foot print.  The approximate size is 33″ long...
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What follows are suggested ways to introduce the summer program to your children. There isn’t only one right way. When you introduce a new topic of study, it is always helpful to make it novel or different than what happens day-to-day. It captures their attention and gives them time to think about what they...
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Keeping kids happy and thriving over the summer isn’t always easy but we’re going to show you some ideas that you can try with your own children at home. Your children will become invested in the learning if they are actively involved and they’ll have so much fun, they won’t know they are learning....
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This activity lets your child use all the information he knows about dinosaurs in different way. It also reinforces location terms like: top, bottom, middle, left and right. Using the characteristics that your child will be familiar with, you will give him clues to figure out which dinosaur goes into a specific box on...
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Children are fascinated by animals and having one that is bigger than their house will seem unbelievable. Dinosaur Facts How long was your favorite dinosaur? Anchiceratops 20′ Ankylosaurus 20′ Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus 75′ Brachiosaurus 82′ Carnotaurus 30′ Compsognathus 3′ Duckbill(Hadrosaurus) 23′ Pachycephalosaurus 15′ Parasaurolophus 31′, (length of skull with crest = 5′ 2″) Plesiosaurus 13′ Stegosaurus 30′...
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Your child will experiment making foot prints in play dough and observing the results.  This activity helps develop your child’s fine motor skills while he is manipulating the play dough. Preparation for Activity Title Materials: toy dinosaurs play dough (store bought or homemade) Gather dinosaurs with different shaped feet. Make the play dough or buy play...
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Giving your child the chance to examine and hold a tooth that is the size of a Tyrannosaurus Rex’s tooth is something she won’t soon forget. The questions serve as a guide for discussions. Allow your child to explore whatever questions that she may have. Facts Tyrannosaurus Rex Tooth Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus Tooth meat eater plant...
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Make a young paleontologist hat ready for a fun and sunny day. How to Make a Paper Hat Materials: newspaper tissue paper masking tape assorted items to decorate with Layer the tissue paper and the newspaper like a sandwich with 2 full sheets of newspaper in the center. Place the layers of paper on...
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Well, it’s finished. It took a while but I finished writing up the 18 lessons for the Apple Unit. It feels great to hand it over to Chantal. Now she can do her magic and put it on the site. I’m curious to see how long it will take to go from the copy...
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