*There are lots of snacks that are in dino shapes cookies, jelly candy, animal cookies, ect. Or bake your own with dino cutouts. *You could also make your own dinos with clay that hardens. Just let the kids roll out the body, tube shape and four little tubes for the legs, a curved tube for the neck and a ball for the head. Use green clay. Or use green pipe cleaners, with a red fire comming out of their mouths. *Knowledge Adventure has a great CD for the computer called 3D Dino, Has dino movies, games and the history of the dinos. You may be able to access Knowledge Adventure on the web. * Knowledge Adventure, Inc. (Keyword to: http://www.adventure.com) *Digging for dinos... plastic ones in sand. *Dinosaur stew... like stone soup. Use a calf femer as the bone and stir the pot with it. *Be palientologists: Bury another femer and help them "find" it. *Match skeletons to the pictures of dinosaurs. *Dino crowns, cut out sponges in the shapes of feetprints that dinos would make, sponge paint a crown shape strip of construction paper. Label with child's name, like Chrisosaurus or Tyranosaurus-Fred, etc. *How many dinosaurs will hatch. Using plastic easter eggs, put small dino figures or construction paper cutouts. Use it as an adding game, a number recognition, or a sorting activity. *Tape actual-sized footprints on the ground using butcher paper. Have children compare the size of their feet or the size of their favorite animal. *Sort animals by herbivours or carnivours. Great opportunity to learn some fun words. *Cut out felt dino shapes... have them match the babies to the parents. *If anyone has the David Jack video he has a song called dinoasaur dip. its great fun and the kids love it. it's kind of a rock and roll beat with the repitition of Dip, dip, dip, dip-de-dip-de dip doing the dinosaur dip. *Our speech dept., bought some wonderful plastic dinos. they are about 18 to 24 " tall and have realistic features. we also bought a bag of the small plastic dino and put them in our sensory table. we group them by color and type of dino. since "Land Before Time video, most kids have the names down... long neck, sharp tooth, sara and if forget the others but its a great association of them to make. they also enjoy aa giant floor puzzle. *Dino Soap Box Derby this is an activity to give the kid's dinosaurs "wheels" ...will also work for other "stuffys, barbie dolls etc!! Required: -small cardboard box, -four yougurt container tops, -four brads, -crayons or markers, -tape optional: String Start with a small box and punch four small holes on the sides, about 1/2" from the bottom at each corner. Then take the four plastic yogurt tops and puch a small hle in the center of each (you need to do the hole punching). Affix each yogurt top to the box with a brad and you instantly have four wheels (cover the sharp ends of the brad with tape for saftey). Attach a string and handle, if you like. The rest is artwork. The child can decide if they want their dinosaur to ride in a chool bus, racing car, or pickup truck. When it's finished, let the dino take it out for a spin!! *We also do the volcano experiment but take it one step further. After we do a large demonstratation, I tell them it's their turn to be scientists. We talk about how important scientists are and how they do experiments. Then we bring out the equipment. I have a tray with pipetts, popsicles sticks, little cups(we use medicine cups from the hospital), a tub of water,and the most important ingrediants baking soda and vinegar. I show them how to put baking soda in the cup using a stick, use the pipette to get vinegar and presto, a mini volcano. Next we talk about how the scientist always cleans his things for the next scientist by rinsing out his cup in the tub of water. All of this plus extras go into the water table for the kids to experiment on their own. They love it. Some children will spend all free play there. We also do this with color mixing, and what dissolves. *Stuffed Dinosaurs: For each child cut two dinosaur shapes out of brown paper bags or brown butcher paper. Have the children hold their shapes together while you staple together around three sides. Then let them crumple small pieces of newspaper and stuff them into their dinosaur shapes. When the shapes are full, staple the remaining sides closed. Let the children decorate their stuffed dinosaurs with paint. When the dinosaurs shapes are dry, attach loops of yarn to them and hang around the room. Variation: Punch holes around the edges of the pairs of dinosaurs and let the children lace together with yarn. *Dinosaur Fact Book: Have the children take turns dictating a favorite dinosaur fact to you. Write each child's fact on a separate sheet of paper and let him or her illustrate the fact with crayons, markers or dinosaur stickers/stamps. Staple the pages together to make a Dinosaur Fact Book. *Tyrannosaurus Toss: Draw a picture of a large Tyrannosaurus head on a piece of sturdy cardboard. Use a sharp knife to cut the dinosaur's mouth including lots of teeth. Then prop the cardboard Tyrannosaurus head against a chair or secure it with tape across a doorway. Give the children bean bags and let them take turns "feeding the dinosaur" by tossing the bean bags into its mouth. *Prehistoric Parade: Play different types of instrumental music. Have the children move around the room, pretending to be the dinosaurs that the music reminds them of. For example, a march might remind them of Tyrannosauruses; light airy music, Pteranondons; slow music, Apatosauruses, munching on plants in the swamp. When you stop the music, encourage the children to tell you which dinosaurs they were. *Tyrannosaurus Rex: Sung to: Mary had a Little Lamb: Dinosaurs walked on this Earth, On this Earth, on this Earth. Dinosaurs walked on this Earth, A long, long time ago. Tyrannosaurus Rex was the king, Was the king, was the king. Tyrannosaurus Rex was the king, A long, long time ago. Tyrannosaurus (child's name) was the king, Was the king, was the king. Tyrannosaurus (child's name) was the king, A long, long time ago. *A suggestion for a Dinosaur lunch is: Dino legs (chicken legs) Tree tops (broccoli) quick sand (apple sauce) Dino bread (Dinosaur shaped graham crackers) *Craft ideas: *Using clay make a Dinosaur *color Dinosaur pictures and trees, cut them out and make a 3 D scene in a shoe box *decorate dino eggs. Look in a book at what the eggs look like (color, spots) and decorate the eggs like you do at Easter to look like the ones in the book *make a booklet of the Dinosaur's you learn about. *let kids cut out lots of feet (in the shape of dino feet) and set them on the floor all through your house and go on a dino hunt. Leaving clues to find the Dinosaur where the trail ends. (we used a stuffed Dinosaur at the end of the trail). *DINO HAT Duplicate a dinosaur pattern on construction paper for each child. Have the children decorate their dinosaur. Glue the dinosaur to a sentence strip shaped paper, staple ends of strip together to fit around the head. Have a dinosaur parade with children wearing their dino hats. *Dinosaur Shadow Box: Shoe box,crayons, grass (real or fake), toy dinosaurs or playdough dinosaurs that children make and rocks *Draw moutains or marsh on inside bottom of shoe box...turn box onn side and fill shadow box floor with grass, rocks and dinosaurs *Outdoor play: Dinosaur is Sleeping One child is Dinosaur who pretends to be asleep while everyone else hides. The everyone yells "Wake up, dinosaur." Dinosaur wakes up and tries to find everyone. Let Children take turns being dinosaur. *Storytime: Let children take turns making up stories using their shadow boxes. *Music: Dinosaurs (tune of "Row Your Boat") Dinosaurs, dinosaurs Eating fruits and weeds Take a bite and chew it well And then spit out the seeds. *Learning Time Make statements to which children answer yes or no. Use such statements about dinosaurs as: Dinosaurs ate bushes. (yes) Dinosaurs drove cars(no) Some dinosaurs could fly (yes) Dinosaurs lived in houses (no). *Dinosaur folder Children glued cut outs of dinosaurs (from construction paper) on to a file folder. The children also drew whatever they wanted on the folder. Matching cut-out of what they glued were given to them so that they could do a matching activity with these folders. *Volcano Take an empty glass spice jar. Use playdough to surround the jar into a mountain looking structure. Put a drop of food coloring we used green into the spice jar about a tablespoon of baking soda and add vinigar to it to make an erupting volcano. *Clean Mud Put two rolls of toilet paper into a container that has a lid. Add water. Let the rolls of toilet paper soak over night. Take 2 Ivory soap bars and using a grater shave the bars of soap into the container. Let the kids have fun it feels pretty neat make sure the little ones don't try to eat it though it taste awful. *Dino Hunt We made the big dino footprints for the kids to go on a dino hunt. *Dino Felt Boards Cut cardboard into square or rectangle shapes (a good size is about 10 inches by 15 inches) Either glue or tape felt to the board for a background give the kids scraps of felt. They can cut out the scraps to make clouds, mountains, grass, etc. Glue these shapes onto the felt on board. We used an Ellison cut-out thingy to cut-out shapes of dinosaurs on felt and the kids had fun with the shapes on their boards. *We also set out: Dino Stencils Dino Stamps Dino figures in block area *PICTURE BOOKS Dinosaur dreams, Ahlberg, Allen dinosaurs, dinosaurs, BARTON, BYRON Derek, the Knitting dinosaur, BLACKWOOD, MARY Dinosaur at the supermarket, CAMP, LINDSAY Patrick's dinosaurs, CARRICK, CAROL big old bones CARRICK, CAROL terrible tyrannosaurus CHARLTON, ELIZABETH Little grunt and the big egg DE pAOLA, TOMIE dinosaur's halloween, DONNELLY, LIZA dad's dinosaur day, HEARN, DIANE DAWSON the dinosaur who lived in my backyard, HENNESSY, B.G. the secret dinosaur, HIRSH, MARILYN dinosaur, my darling, HURD, EDITH dinosaur days, MANNING, LINDA when dinosaurs go visiting, MARTIN, LINDA dinostory, MORGAN, MICHAELA If the dinosaurs came back, MOST, BERNARD whatever happened to the dinosaurs, MOST, BERNARD dinosaur chase, OTTO, CAROLYN how I captured a dinosaur, SCHWARTZ, HENRY dinosaur dress up, SIROIS, ALLEN dinny and danny, SLOBODKIN, LOUIS dinosaur roar! STICKLAND, PAUL We're back!: a dinosaur's story TALBOT, HUDSON Quiet on account of dinosaur, THAYER, JANE dinosaur fright, THREADGALL, COLIN If i rode a dinosaur, YOUNG, MIRIAM tyrone the horrible, WILHELM, HANS *EASY READERS tHE FOOLISH DINOSAUR FIASCO, cORBETT, SCOTT DANNY AND THE DINOSAUR, HOFF, SYD THE TYRANNOSAURUS GAME, KROLL, STEVEN tHUNDER MAKES A SAND CASTLE, lOGAN, DICK dINOSAUR TIME, PARISH, PEGGY MITCHELL IS MOVING, SHARMAT, MARJORIE NONFICTION DIGGING UP DINOSAURS, ALIKI DINOSAUR BONES, ALIKI MY VISIT TO THE DINOSAURS, ALIKI DINOSAUR MOUNTAIN, ARNOLD, CAROLINE THE DINOSAURS AND THE DARK STAR, BATES, ROBIN THE BIG BEAST BOOK, BOOTH, JERRY BE A DINOSAUR DETECTIVE, DIXON, DOUGAL DINOSAURS AND THEIR YOUNG, FREEDMAN, RUSSELL DINOSAURS, GIBBONS, GAIL GIANT DINOSAURS, ROWE, ERNA ILLUSTRATED DINOSAUR DICTIONARY, SATTLER, HELEN A FIRST LOOK AT DINOSAURS, SELSAM, MILLICENT DRAWING DINOSAURS AND OTHER PREHISTORIC ANIMALS, BOLOGNESE, DON DINOSAURS, EMBERLEY, MICHAEL MORE DINOSAURS AND OTHER PREHISTORIC BEASTS, EMBERLEY, MICHAEL DINOSAUR JOKES, ALDEN, LAURA TYRANNOSAURUS WAS A BEAST, PRELUTSKY, JACK DINOSAUR FUNNY BONES, POLHAMUS, JEAN *CASSETTES DINOSAUR CAFE DINOSAUR ROCK I WISH I WAS A DINOSAUR WEE SING DINOSAURS DOING THE DINOSAUR ROCK WHERE ARE THE DINOSAURS? DIGGING UP DINOSAURS DINOSAUR TIME *CD'S DINOSAURS AND DRAGONS BIG SONGS VIDEOS WE'RE BACK!: A DINOSAUR'S STORY THE LAND BEFORE TIME I, II, III, IV. BARNEY'S ALPHABET ZOO I DIG FOSSELS PATRICK'S DINOSAURS BARNEY'S HOME SWEET HOMES STANLEY AND THE DINOSAURS DINOSAURS DINOSAURS, DINOSAURS, DINOSAURS. *How about making up a story about your "classroom dinosaur". Have the children work together to come up with a name and story for the dino. *Drama: Use paper plates to make a stegosaurus costume Use plates/cups to make a stegosaurus mask *Art: Stand Up Stegosaurus w/paper plates, paper tubes and paper Make dinosaur crowns (can add stickers for each dino studied) *Games: Tyrannosaurus Rex Tag Build a Dinosaur Use Hula Hoops to define the water and let children act out the various plant-eating dinosaurs. When you call out "T. Rex" they scramble to their safe zones inside the hoops.