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This week's letter is D for Dinosaurs and Digging! Now that children are settled into their school routines and comfortable with each other, it's time to turn their attention to all things dinosaur. The KidsSoup.com library has so many dinosaur games, ideas, and activities that it's hard to decide which ones to dig up first. We've provided some selections below in different subject areas to get you started. Your classroom will travel back in time as children build background knowledge about the types and behaviors of dinosaurs, learn about bones and fossils, and pretend to be archeologists at work in the field!
See also our Dinosaur Theme for more ideas
Books:
Dinosaur Bones | Dinosaur Roar (Picture Puffins) | Digging Up Dinosaurs (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) |
D-Diddle, Diddle Nursery Rhyme | Letter D Dinosaur Game | Letter Dd for Dinosaur Writing | Dinosaur ABC Match Folder Game |
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Dinosaur Roar Activities |
Dinosaur Reading Make Words |
Digging for Dinosaur Bones Sight Words |
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Dinosaurs Emergent Readers:
Some Dinosaurs Booklet b/w | Dinosaur Colors Booklet |
Some Dinosaurs Were . . . Story Book (Part 1) Some Dinosaurs Were . . . Story Book (Part 2) |
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Color/Shape:
Color Word: green | Green Dinosaur Coloring | Shape Oval Dinosaur Tracing | Shape Oval Dinosaur |
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Dinosaur Colors Felt Rhyme | Green, Color Bin Activity | Green, Look What's Green! Booklet | Oval: Lesson Ideas |
Math:
Number 4, Dinosaur Prewriting | Dinosaur Measure | Dinosaur Patterns | Dinosaur Counting Activities |
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Dinosaur Math Bingo | Hatching Eggs Number Sense |
Dinosaur Different | |
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Dinosaurs Crafts and Science:
Brachiosaurus Dinosaur Craft | Fossil Craft | Featured: Paper Plate Dinosaurs | Paper Plate Dinosaur |
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d for Dinosaur Craft |
Dinosaur Footprint Fossil |
Where Did the Dinosaurs Go? |
Dinosaur Matching Game |
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Other Resources:
Dinosaur Facts | Dinosaurs Word Wall | Dinosaur Theme in KidsSoup member site |
Dinosaur Ideas on KidsSoup |
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Movement/Songs/Rhymes:
Dinosaurs Finger Plays | Dinosaur Songs and Rhymes | Dinosaurs Games and Movement | Dinosaur Bones |
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