Dinosaur Children's Placemat Quality:
The placemats are made of durable vinyl. Use your placemat for mealtime and just wipe clean with a damp cloth.
Dinosaur Children's Placemat Awards:
It is not surprising that the educational placemats have won "Dr. Toy Best Classic Toy Award" and "Parents' Choice Gold Award"
Here are a few more activities to help teach your children about dinosaurs:
Dinosaur Preschool Activity: Make up your own dinosaur story
Children love hearing stories or making up their own stories. Pretend the placemat is a story. Read the dinosaur story to your children. Afterwards they may want to make their own story to read to you.
Dinosaur Preschool Activity: Listen and dance to Dinosaur Music
Here are a few of our favorite dinosaur songs. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
We are the Dinosaurs by Laurie Berkner
Dinosaur Rumble by Ralph's World
Dinosaur Preschool Activity: Sing a dinosaur song
Do your children enjoy singing? Sing this dinosaur song to the tune of one little two little three little Indians.
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Dinosaurs
Four Little, Five Little, Six Little Dinosaurs
Seven Little, Eight Little, Nine Little Dinosaurs
Stomping through the desert.
Have fun singing this song. Make up a few of your own dinosaur verses.
Dinosaur Preschool Activity: Read a dinosaur book
Now that you are done dancing to your dinosaur music, sit down and read a book about dinosaurs. Here are a few books about Dinosaurs:
Ten Little Dinosaurs by Pattie Schnetzler
Dinosaur Preschool Activity: Pattern Math Game
You will need three colors of construction paper. Cut out 8 dinosaurs out of each color of construction paper making them all the same shape. I used blue, green and brown paper since dinosaurs are these colors. Let's not make this too complicated!
Now use your dinosaurs to make patterns for your children. First start with two colors. For example put down a: Blue Dinosaur, Green Dinosaur, Blue Dinosaur, and Green Dinosaur. Ask the children what color dinosaur goes next. Continue building your pattern.
Next try making a pattern with three colors. For example place down in a row: Blue Dinosaur, Green Dinosaur, and Brown Dinosaur. Again place down in a row Blue Dinosaur, Green Dinosaur, Brown Dinosaur. Finally, ask the children what color comes next in your pattern.
Dinosaur Preschool Activity: Chart the dinosaur's favorite foods
Make a chart of who the dinosaur's and children's favorite foods. Next to one row, place a picture of vegetables and fruit. Next to the second row, place a picture of meat.
Now in the squares next to the vegetables write the name of the dinosaurs that like vegetables. Next to the piece of meat, write the names of the dinosaurs that would eat meat.
Now, count your result. How many dinosaurs liked meat? How many dinosaurs like to eat vegetables? Do you more dinosaurs like meat or vegetables?
Finally, ask the children if they prefer meat or vegetables. Now, count your result. Did your children prefer meat or vegetables? Were you surprised by the results?
Dinosaur Preschool Activity: Make your dinosaur out of Play Dough
Need a hands on activity, make your own play dough dinosaur. Make some dinosaur colored play dough. Now shape the play dough into dinosaurs. Your children will have so much fun making their favorite dinosaur.
Here is the recipe to make your own play dough here is the recipe:
Play Dough Uncooked Recipe:
You will need:
Food Coloring
4 Cups of Flour
2 Cups of Salt
Water (enough to make the dough soft and workable)
Here are the steps to follow to make the dough:
Combine flour and salt in a bowl.
Add the water slowly to the flour and salt mixture. Just add the water until the dough is a little damp and you can work it by hand.
Add your favorite color food coloring to get the color you desire.
Knead the dough for 10 minutes.
Have fun learning about dinosaurs!
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