This week we decided to dig into a passion of ours...dinosaurs! We did activities throughout the week that were both sensory activities, literacy, math and more!
Most of these activities were created using items that we already had, or with things we could make ourselves!
Creating activities around a theme doesn't have to break the bank! Check out some of our favorites from the week!
Most of these activities were created using items that we already had, or with things we could make ourselves!
Creating activities around a theme doesn't have to break the bank! Check out some of our favorites from the week!
DIno Busy Tray
Busy trays are some of my favorites to set up with any theme! They can be aesthetically pleasing, full of different textures & toys, and keep the kids entertained for a good length of time!
For this tray, I Included some Items that we already had from previous trays such as: painted chickpeas, painted beans, painted pasta & kinetic sand. Then gathered up some of our dinosaur toys of all sizes, some glittery "dino" eggs (from Easter) and our new glitter resin letters!
For this tray, I Included some Items that we already had from previous trays such as: painted chickpeas, painted beans, painted pasta & kinetic sand. Then gathered up some of our dinosaur toys of all sizes, some glittery "dino" eggs (from Easter) and our new glitter resin letters!
Differentiated Paper Activites
Sometimes the best activities are ones you can draw up (or download) yourself! I quickly drew some outlines of dinosaurs and made an activity for each of the boys that was to their learning level: shapes for Taso (2), letter matching for Xander (4) and site word building for Leo (5). I love when I can integrate some pre-k and kindergarten targets into our theme whenever possible!
Dino Egg ICe Rescue
Ice rescues are some of the most entertaining and longest lasting entertainment that I've discovered for my boys! You can easily incorporate this into any theme or just randomly, and they will have a blast playing with the ice and then the water!
Take a balloon and squeeze in small toys, then fill with water & tie. Freeze them until solid. Cut and remove the balloon to reveal your frozen dinosaur egg!
Then, place them in a plastic bin or bowl along with any other toys you'd like to incorporate. Give the kids a squeeze bottle with warmer water and any food coloring you have on hand and let them melt those dino eggs! SO much fun! (You can also make the same idea using a muffin tin or other containers to make larger ice with toys frozen inside!)
To see this activity in action, check out the reel on my Instagram!
Take a balloon and squeeze in small toys, then fill with water & tie. Freeze them until solid. Cut and remove the balloon to reveal your frozen dinosaur egg!
Then, place them in a plastic bin or bowl along with any other toys you'd like to incorporate. Give the kids a squeeze bottle with warmer water and any food coloring you have on hand and let them melt those dino eggs! SO much fun! (You can also make the same idea using a muffin tin or other containers to make larger ice with toys frozen inside!)
To see this activity in action, check out the reel on my Instagram!
Resin Dino Patterns
We got these fun multicolored resin dinosaur manipulatives so an easy way to use them is to start some patterns and have the kids try to complete them! You can also use these for counting, matching and more!
I hope you enjoyed our dinosaur themed activities and got some inspiration for your next kids activities or theme!
Stay tuned for our end of summer themes!
XOXO,
Jamie
Stay tuned for our end of summer themes!
XOXO,
Jamie
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