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- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On Jun 2, 2017 | Math
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7 Ways Moms Can Beat Summer Brain Drain
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On May 31, 2017
Be a Dinosaur Hunter With Printable Dino Sheets!
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On May 30, 2017 | Printables
Be a dinosaur hunter! Dinosaur-loving kids will get to count and practice color recognition with two exciting printable scavenger hunts.
Click the images below to print yours out.
Kids love to play and search for hidden items. Now, you can put them both together for learning and lots of playful fun. If you’re doing this activity with younger kids, ages 3 and 4, you will need to hide the dinosaurs in plain sight.
Review the colors before you start. Look at the scavenger hunt sheet with your child to be sure your child knows which dinosaurs are which colors before you begin.
Also, tell your child that he or she will be looking for the right color to match. Meaning, children don’t need to match the species of dinosaur, just the color. (Although you can do that later your own with older kids.)
Supplies Needed:
- Cardstock or printer paper
- Mini Dino Counters
- Plastic sheet protector (optional)
Directions:
- Print out the scavenger hunt sheets. You have two options:
- PICTURES ONLY for 3- and 4- year olds
- WRITTEN NUMBERS for 5- and 6- year olds
- Gather the right number and color of dinosaurs listed on the scavenger hunt sheet.
- Hide your dinosaurs. Make sure you hide the dinosaurs in plain sight to start, especially for 3- and 4- year olds.
- Give the printable to your child.
- Have fun searching, counting, and sorting!
Keep the fun going with more dino activities
- Have your child hide the dinosaurs for you to find.
- See if your child wants to find the dinosaurs by species instead of by color.
- Sort all the dinosaurs into color groups. Count them up!
- Use the dinosaurs to pretend to play dinosaur hunter. Bury them in the sandbox and play paleontologist.
- Add in colored playing dough. See if your child can match the dinosaurs to their matching color playing dough.
- Compare which dinosaur is tallest, shortest, smallest, or biggest.
Won’t these activities for ages 3 to 6 be so engaging? Especially for dinosaur fans.
My little learner had a blast. He didn't want to stop playing dino hunter. Little did he know that he was actually practicing counting and recognizing colors!
That’s the beauty of playful learning!
Happy dino hunting!
Learning is Where We Play:
Be a Dinosaur Hunter With Printable Dino Sheets!
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Be a dinosaur hunter! Dinosaur-loving kids will get to count and practice color recognition with two exciting printable scavenger hunts.
Click the images below to print yours out.
Kids love to play and search for hidden items. Now, you can put them both together for learning and lots of playful fun. If you’re doing this activity with younger kids, ages 3 and 4, you will need to hide the dinosaurs in plain sight.
Review the colors before you start. Look at the scavenger hunt sheet with your child to be sure your child knows which dinosaurs are which colors before you begin.
Also, tell your child that he or she will be looking for the right color to match. Meaning, children don’t need to match the species of dinosaur, just the color. (Although you can do that later your own with older kids.)
Supplies Needed:
- Cardstock or printer paper
- Mini Dino Counters
- Plastic sheet protector (optional)
Directions:
- Print out the scavenger hunt sheets. You have two options:
- PICTURES ONLY for 3- and 4- year olds
- WRITTEN NUMBERS for 5- and 6- year olds
- Gather the right number and color of dinosaurs listed on the scavenger hunt sheet.
- Hide your dinosaurs. Make sure you hide the dinosaurs in plain sight to start, especially for 3- and 4- year olds.
- Give the printable to your child.
- Have fun searching, counting, and sorting!
Keep the fun going with more dino activities
- Have your child hide the dinosaurs for you to find.
- See if your child wants to find the dinosaurs by species instead of by color.
- Sort all the dinosaurs into color groups. Count them up!
- Use the dinosaurs to pretend to play dinosaur hunter. Bury them in the sandbox and play paleontologist.
- Add in colored playing dough. See if your child can match the dinosaurs to their matching color playing dough.
- Compare which dinosaur is tallest, shortest, smallest, or biggest.
Won’t these activities for ages 3 to 6 be so engaging? Especially for dinosaur fans.
My little learner had a blast. He didn't want to stop playing dino hunter. Little did he know that he was actually practicing counting and recognizing colors!
That’s the beauty of playful learning!
Happy dino hunting!
Learning is Where We Play:
Make A Dinosaur Alphabet Maze!
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On May 11, 2017 | Reading
Don’t Look Now - But There’s a Dino In Your Yard!
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On May 10, 2017 | STEM
A Crafty Way To Make Dinosaur Handprint Pictures
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On May 5, 2017
A fun way to teach your kids about dinosaurs is by getting down and dirty: do a dino crafts project involving finger paints. Using the colorful goo and their hands and feet—and just a little help from a grown-up with a marker—they’re able to create a T-Rex and Stegosaurus in minutes.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Paper
- Finger paints
- Marker
Here’s what to do:
Step 1: Prep the hand and foot “stamps”
Set a piece of paper in front of your child and have them apply a single color of paint to their tiny dino-shaped hands or feet.
Step 2: Make the dinosaur body
Have them “stamp” their painted parts onto the paper to form a dino body. A foot makes a great T-Rex and a hand makes a Stegosaurus.
Step 3: Detail your dinos
Using your marker, draw a tail, feet, and faces on each dinosaur. Kids might enjoy adorning their dinos with spikes, horns, or other accessories.
Step 4: Fill in the blanks
Use more finger paint to “flesh out” your dinosaurs. Feel free to experiment with colors.
Step 5: Complete the dino scene
This is where the kids can get really creative. They can color the background with grass, water, or more dinosaurs.How did your dino's come out? Hopefully dinomite!
Learning is Where We play:
A Crafty Way To Make Dinosaur Handprint Pictures
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A fun way to teach your kids about dinosaurs is by getting down and dirty: do a dino crafts project involving finger paints. Using the colorful goo and their hands and feet—and just a little help from a grown-up with a marker—they’re able to create a T-Rex and Stegosaurus in minutes.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Paper
- Finger paints
- Marker
Here’s what to do:
Step 1: Prep the hand and foot “stamps”
Set a piece of paper in front of your child and have them apply a single color of paint to their tiny dino-shaped hands or feet.
Step 2: Make the dinosaur body
Have them “stamp” their painted parts onto the paper to form a dino body. A foot makes a great T-Rex and a hand makes a Stegosaurus.
Step 3: Detail your dinos
Using your marker, draw a tail, feet, and faces on each dinosaur. Kids might enjoy adorning their dinos with spikes, horns, or other accessories.
Step 4: Fill in the blanks
Use more finger paint to “flesh out” your dinosaurs. Feel free to experiment with colors.
Step 5: Complete the dino scene
This is where the kids can get really creative. They can color the background with grass, water, or more dinosaurs.How did your dino's come out? Hopefully dinomite!
Learning is Where We play:
5 Educational Sensory Bins for Toddlers and Preschoolers
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On Apr 26, 2017 | Social-Emotional Learning
Learning in the Backyard: Throw An Educational Easter Egg Hunt!
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On Apr 12, 2017 | Reading
Why not put an empowering spin on your traditions by throwing an educational Easter egg hunt?
Learning in the Backyard: Throw An Educational Easter Egg Hunt!
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Why not put an empowering spin on your traditions by throwing an educational Easter egg hunt?
What You Can Do with a Shipping Box: 4 Fun, DIY Play Props for Toddlers
- Gabrielle Fischer Posted On Mar 27, 2017 | STEM
Show us a little kid and a big box and we’ll show you a little kid IN a big box! Kids love the boxes almost as much as they love what’s inside. And with the continued popularity of on-line shopping, parents have more shipping boxes on hand than ever before.This next post in our DIY Toddler Play Props series features a few fun ideas for transforming a cardboard shipping box into play props your toddler will love.
Robot
Your child can design their own 2-D friend using a flattened cardboard shipping box. Simply cut the tape on the top and bottom of a large shipping box, cut one the side of the box open, then open the box so it’s lying flat. Using a marker, outline a robot shape, complete with a square head, rectangular body, and legs. Use a box cutter to cut him out. Let your child color the robot with paint, markers, or crayons, and then add found items to adorn it. Collect coils, wire, switches, buttons, screws, washers, and other spare parts and press or glue them into place to bring your creation to life.Shape Sorter
A large cardboard box makes a great DIY shape sorter! Start by cutting the flaps off one end of the box and turning it over, so the open side is on the bottom. Next, outline the basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle) in different sizes on each side of the box. Cut them out with a box cutter and trace around their edges with brightly colored markers, then watch as your little one attempts to place balls, blocks, and other shaped objects into the openings. Lift the box to remove the objects inside and begin again!Play Fort
Let’s face it—there’s nothing as much fun as a fort to a toddler. Simply cut the flaps off a square shipping box, cut a door into one side, and voila! Your toddler will delight in doing her own decorating using paints, markers, and stickers. Add some crepe paper curtains over the door for the perfect finishing touch.Race Car
Rev up the fun with a DIY race car your little one helps you design! Start by cutting the flaps off of the short sides of a large shipping box and setting them aside. Tape the long side flaps down, then cut a hole large enough for your child to climb into. Now, the fun begins. Paint the box letting your child roll, sponge, and brush the color alongside you. Add racing stripes and other decorations and don’t forget to paint four, large, black wheels, two on each side. When your paint is dry, use a box cutter to slice a slot from the hole on the top of the box all the way down the middle of one side to create a car door that really opens and closes. Cut the center out of a paper plate and staple it into position for the perfect DIY play prop—a steering wheel.There are many other things to create—stackable washer/dryer combos, ovens, airplanes, and other amazing play props. A quick online search will reveal some fun ideas. Or you can visit our blog to read all the DIY Toddler Play Prop posts, including ideas for paper towel and TP tubes, shoe boxes, pizza boxes, and popsicle sticks.
What You Can Do with a Shipping Box: 4 Fun, DIY Play Props for Toddlers
Show us a little kid and a big box and we’ll show you a little kid IN a big box! Kids love the boxes almost as much as they love what’s inside. And with the continued popularity of on-line shopping, parents have more shipping boxes on hand than ever before.This next post in our DIY Toddler Play Props series features a few fun ideas for transforming a cardboard shipping box into play props your toddler will love.
Robot
Your child can design their own 2-D friend using a flattened cardboard shipping box. Simply cut the tape on the top and bottom of a large shipping box, cut one the side of the box open, then open the box so it’s lying flat. Using a marker, outline a robot shape, complete with a square head, rectangular body, and legs. Use a box cutter to cut him out. Let your child color the robot with paint, markers, or crayons, and then add found items to adorn it. Collect coils, wire, switches, buttons, screws, washers, and other spare parts and press or glue them into place to bring your creation to life.Shape Sorter
A large cardboard box makes a great DIY shape sorter! Start by cutting the flaps off one end of the box and turning it over, so the open side is on the bottom. Next, outline the basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle) in different sizes on each side of the box. Cut them out with a box cutter and trace around their edges with brightly colored markers, then watch as your little one attempts to place balls, blocks, and other shaped objects into the openings. Lift the box to remove the objects inside and begin again!Play Fort
Let’s face it—there’s nothing as much fun as a fort to a toddler. Simply cut the flaps off a square shipping box, cut a door into one side, and voila! Your toddler will delight in doing her own decorating using paints, markers, and stickers. Add some crepe paper curtains over the door for the perfect finishing touch.
