**Note: This page is for educational inspiration and is not officially affiliated with International Dinosaur Day. International Dinosaur Day is a popular observance, often celebrated annually (commonly on June 1st) to ignite fascination with dinosaurs, palaeontology, and Earth's ancient history. It is not established by a single global founding organisation, but is widely embraced by museums, educational institutions, and dinosaur enthusiasts worldwide to encourage learning about these magnificent creatures and the scientific study of their past. For information on local events or educational resources, we recommend consulting reputable natural history museums, science centres, or educational websites dedicated to palaeontology.
Monday 1st June 2026
Understanding International Dinosaur Day in EYFS & KS1
Let's roar with excitement and dig into the incredible world of dinosaurs! 🦖🌋🦕
For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, this day provides a wonderfully exciting and engaging theme for exploring history (ancient past), animals (extinct), science (fossils, palaeontology), size and measurement, patterns, creative play, and understanding the world. It's about inspiring children with the awe and wonder of dinosaurs, developing their imagination, and introducing them to foundational scientific concepts. This day offers fantastic planning ideas and inspiration for engaging activities & invitations that truly resonate with young minds, making learning about dinosaurs wonderfully captivating!
Why Is Learning About Dinosaurs Valuable for Young Children?
Integrating International Dinosaur Day and themes of dinosaurs and palaeontology into your practice with young children (aged 0-7) is a fun way to build curiosity, develop critical thinking, and broaden their understanding of the natural world and deep time.
Sparks Imagination: Dinosaurs are inherently fascinating and encourage imaginative play and storytelling.
Introduces Scientific Concepts: Provides a tangible way to learn about fossils, extinction, different species, and classification.
Develops Sense of Scale & Time: Helps children grasp concepts of large sizes and ancient history (millions of years ago).
Enhances Vocabulary: Introduces complex names and scientific terms in an engaging context.
Promotes Inquiry: Encourages children to ask questions, research, and seek answers about the past.
Supports Cross-Curricular Learning: Naturally integrates literacy, numeracy, science, and creative arts.
Engaging Dinosaur Activities for International Dinosaur Day (EYFS & KS1)
Let's stomp, roar and discover for International Dinosaur Day with these playful ideas, provision enhancements and learning opportunities inspired by children's fascination with dinosaurs and the prehistoric world. The focus is on exciting discovery, imaginative play, and hands-on learning about these prehistoric giants!
Many of these early years and year 1 activities can be supported by our dedicated ‘Dinosaurs’ topic page and other related resources.
Here’s some inspiration for celebrating International Dinosaur Day in your setting. The following ideas may be adapted for various EYFS and KS1 settings. In EYFS, these ideas are best viewed as invitations to explore and enhancements to provision rather than activities every child is expected to complete. Practitioners may choose to follow children's interests, questions and play patterns, using these resources flexibly. In KS1, some ideas may also be used within more structured teaching sequences where appropriate. Printable resources to support the following ideas may be found further down this page.
(Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity or enhancement and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)
⛏️ Dinosaur Excavation & Fossil Exploration
Create an exciting dinosaur excavation area using sand, soil, bark, clay or playdough. Hide toy dinosaurs, fossils, shells, bones or natural treasures for children to discover using brushes, scoops, magnifying glasses and clipboards.
Children might:
Search for hidden fossils and dinosaur bones
Compare sizes, shapes and textures
Sort discoveries into groups
Sequence fossils from smallest to largest
Match found objects to pictures, words, letters or numbers
Record discoveries through drawing, mark making or simple tallying
Our excavation-themed ‘Dino Dig’ resources can help extend the play, including fossil letter hunts, number hunts, shape matching activities, puzzles and size-ordering challenges.
Additional Provision Enhancements
Freeze dinosaurs inside ice blocks and investigate ways to release them
Create muddy footprints leading to a hidden dinosaur nest
Add clipboards and pencils for "palaeontologist field notes"
Provide real rocks, shells and fossils for comparison
Create a dinosaur bone washing station outdoors
Use tape measures and string to compare dinosaur lengths
📘 Dinosaur Communication, Literacy & Phonics
Dinosaurs naturally inspire storytelling, vocabulary development and imaginative communication.
Children might:
Learn and use new dinosaur vocabulary
Explore sounds through roars, stomps and Phase 1 listening games
Match letters to dinosaur names
Create maps to dinosaur habitats
Write signs for museums, dinosaur parks or excavation sites
Draw and label their favourite dinosaurs
Our dinosaur word mats, alphabet resources, sound activities and CVC word games can help support these experiences.
Additional Provision Enhancements
Create a dinosaur museum visitor book
Add notebooks to role-play areas for "scientists"
Make dinosaur footprint trails with labels
Leave mystery eggs with clues inside
Create story baskets featuring dinosaurs and natural materials
➕ Dinosaur Maths Through Play
Dinosaurs provide countless opportunities for meaningful mathematical exploration.
Children might:
Count dinosaur eggs, bones or footprints
Compare dinosaur sizes and lengths
Sort dinosaurs by type, colour or features
Create patterns using dinosaur figures
Measure footprints and compare findings
Collect information through simple tally charts and pictograms
Our counting puzzles, playdough mats, challenge cards and data-handling resources can support these investigations.
Additional Provision Enhancements
Create giant footprint trails to measure
Compare dinosaur lengths using string
Weigh toy dinosaurs using balance scales
Build dinosaur enclosures with blocks
Sort herbivores and carnivores into groups
Create repeating footprint patterns outdoors
🦖 Dinosaur Imagination, Creativity & Role Play
Support children to bring the prehistoric world to life through open-ended play and creative expression.
Children might:
Become palaeontologists, explorers or museum guides
Build dinosaur habitats
Create dinosaur nests and eggs
Design their own dinosaur species
Retell favourite dinosaur stories
Explore movement through stomping, stretching and roaring
Our museum role-play resources, movement challenges, colouring sheets, puzzles and creative templates can help enrich these experiences.
Additional Provision Enhancements
Make dinosaur eggs from papier-mâché or playdough
Create a dinosaur rescue centre
Build volcanoes in the construction area
Paint with toy dinosaurs to create footprint artwork
Create shadow-dinosaur tracing stations
Use loose parts to build dinosaur habitats
🌞 Dinosaur Displays & Curiosity Corners
Create a shared focus for learning by displaying children's discoveries, artwork, questions and ideas.
You might include:
Dinosaur fact books
Real fossils and rocks
Children's drawings and models
Dinosaur photographs and information cards
Maps showing where fossils have been found
Vocabulary linked to children's interests
Daily interactive weather calendar
Our display banners, posters and supporting resources can help create an engaging learning environment that evolves alongside children's curiosity.
🔬 Explore More
To delve deeper into the prehistoric world, please visit our dedicated ‘Dinosaurs’ topic page to access our full range of Dinosaur themed resources. You may also like to explore additional pages covering relevant and/or connected themes such as ‘Animals’, ‘History’, and ‘Zoo’.
These activities and provision enhancements offer great inspiration for making International Dinosaur Day a memorable and impactful experience in your early years and Key Stage One setting, fostering curiosity about the past, scientific exploration, creative play, and a lifelong fascination with these magnificent creatures.
To explore ideas surrounding additional early years events, please visit our 'Special Dates Calendar' page.
Printable resources to support teaching & learning surrounding: ‘International Dinosaur Day’
Free EYFS & KS1 ‘Dinosaur’ printable activities and ideas:
Have great fun with your children whilst all pretending to be dinosaurs with this set of 8 Dinosaur Activity Challenge cards. Perhaps children could stand in a circle around the pile of cards and take turns to pick one for everyone to do. Cards could equally be shrunk down and placed on a key ring to take out on adventures or featured on an indoor or outdoor display board and referred to with everyone carrying out the activity on floor space in front. Once the children get to know the cards they will be able to relate the action to the picture without necessarily needing the card read to them...For example an adult may be able to simply hold up a card and everyone will be able to do the activity together! Great for physical development, descriptive language, understanding the world and turn taking.
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Point to a dinosaur and make its sound!
Phase 1 Phonics/Letters & Sounds Mat. Have great fun making up sounds for each dinosaur!
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This ‘Today’ Small A4 Weather Calendar is ideal for use in a compact space such as within a home setting. More themes and sizes AVAILABLE HERE.
Please note that if you wish to edit the text you can do so in the EDITABLE docx file version below. NON-EDITABLE pdf file also available below.
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'My Favourite/Favorite Dinosaur’ Writing/Drawing/Mark Making Sheets. Both spellings included.
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The cards are intended to be cut and laminated before being buried in the sand pit/tray.
The children can then dig in the sand to find the five cards in a set and then order them by size.
Have fun!
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The cards are intended to be cut and laminated before being buried in the sand pit/tray.
The children can then dig in the sand to find and identify the shapes on the fossils.
Includes 4 sets of 6 shapes: triangle, square, circle, rectangle/oblong, pentagon and hexagon. Having 4 sets allows for matching the same shape and counting up to 4 of the same shape. If you would like less or more sets you may of course print as appropriate.
Have fun!
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‘Dinosaur’ themed activities and ideas for EYFS & KS1:
(Please visit our ‘Dinosaurs’ topic page to access our full range of Dinosaur themed resources.)
Dinosaur Museum Role Play Pack includes (36 pages):
museum banner
curator badges - Name Writing
open/closed signs
opening times poster
tickets - Name Writing
exhibition note sheets for mark making and emergent writing
dinosaur border paper (colour and b/w)
direction posters
dinosaur exhibit posters (large dinosaur with comparison to human height picture plus basic facts at the bottom as you may find when walking around a museum)
fossil finding equipment poster
various fossil cards to use in order to set up a paleontological dig sand tray in your museum
dinosaur tally and check list sheets
writing/drawing/mark making sheets which could be used as activities whilst at the museum
Please also see our other paleontological dig site sand tray resources in our ‘Dinosaurs topic’ which include: letters, numbers, shapes and phase 2 & 3 keywords on fossils.
CLICK HERE to visit ‘Dinosaur’ topic page.
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Cartoon style dinosaur activities, games, displays and many more additional educational materials:
(Cut out and laminate the Dinosaur pictures beforehand.)
• There are two sets of six puzzles. One with dots to count, one with numbers to read.
• The game could be played individually or as part of a turn-taking game.
• The different pictures are also colour coded to help when playing in a group.
• Roll dice and take the piece with the corresponding number.
• Keep going until you complete the picture!
*1-6 dice required
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Pack of 8 Dinosaur themed Maths Challenge Cards.
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Dinosaur word mat includes: Brachiosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Plesiosaurus, Pterodactyl, Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops.
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Dinosaur word cards include: Brachiosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Plesiosaurus, Pterodactyl, Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops.
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Dinosaur puppets to be cut out to stick on lolly sticks.
There are two background images included.
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Have great fun with your children whilst all pretending to be dinosaurs with this set of 8 Dinosaur Activity Challenge cards. Perhaps children could stand in a circle around the pile of cards and take turns to pick one for everyone to do. Cards could equally be shrunk down and placed on a key ring to take out on adventures or featured on an indoor or outdoor display board and referred to with everyone carrying out the activity on floor space in front. Once the children get to know the cards they will be able to relate the action to the picture without necessarily needing the card read to them...For example an adult may be able to simply hold up a card and everyone will be able to do the activity together! Great for physical development, descriptive language, understanding the world and turn taking.
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Pack of various cartoon dinosaur 4-piece puzzles, including: Brachiosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Plesiosaurus, Pterodactyl, Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops.
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Pack of various cartoon dinosaur 4-piece puzzles for colouring, including: Brachiosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Plesiosaurus, Pterodactyl, Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops.
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Once laminated these Dinosaur Multimats (cartoon style) are ideal to be used as reusable playdough or loose parts mats. Alternatively, use them in conjunction with whiteboard pens. Without lamination these sheets could also be used with mark making tools or art and craft materials.
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Realistic style dinosaur activities, games, displays and many more additional educational materials:
‘Dinosaurs’ display banner. Print the full size 3 x A4 sheets for average display size or shrink for a smaller area.
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‘Dinosaur’ word mat. Why not use in conjunction with our ‘Dinosaur’ word cards? Includes 10 different prehistoric creatures (8 dinosaurs, 1 marine reptile and 1 flying reptile). Can be used as part of a display or activities. Endless discussions can be engaged in describing these creatures. For example whether they are herbivores or carnivores, physical attributes such as length of their necks, armoured tails, horns, fins, wings, plates, number of legs, etc. Older children can be challenged to further contemplate ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions building on these observations. For example ‘Why do you think the herbivore ankylosaurus may have had an armoured tail?’…or ‘How do you think the brachiosaurus reached to the top of the trees for its food?’
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‘Dinosaur’ word cards. Why not use in conjunction with our ‘Dinosaur’ word mat? Includes 10 different prehistoric creatures (8 dinosaurs, 1 marine reptile and 1 flying reptile). Can be used as part of a display or activities. Why not hide them in a sand tray and see which dinosaurs the children can uncover? You could also play sorting games such as organising the cards into one pile of herbivores and the other carnivores. What about sorting by number of legs or whether the dinosaur has an armoured tail?
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Dinosaur Museum Role Play Pack includes (36 pages): museum banner, curator badges, open/closed signs, opening times poster, tickets, exhibition note sheets for mark making and emergent writing, dinosaur border paper (colour and b/w), direction posters, dinosaur exhibit posters (large dinosaur with comparison to human height picture plus basic facts at the bottom as you may find when walking around a museum), fossil finding equipment poster with various fossil cards to use in order to set up a paleontological dig sand tray in your museum, dinosaur tally and check list sheets and writing/drawing/mark making sheets which could be used as activities whilst at the museum.
Please also see our other paleontological dig site sand tray resources which include: letters, numbers, shapes and phase 2 & 3 keywords on fossils.
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Several activity sheets designed for use during or after a trip to a dinosaur museum. Sheets include: - ‘Dinosaur Checklist’ which features pictures of some typical prehistoric creatures with space underneath each for children to tick the ones they have observed - ‘Dinosaur Tally’ sheet to enable children to begin to make marks which correspond to quantities of things (children may be encouraged to make any mark in the appropriate box when they see the creature, this will develop to tally lines and older children may even count up the tally and write the corresponding number) - ‘What can you see on your museum trip?’ differentiated writing/drawing/mark making sheets with lots of versions to choose from.
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Have great fun with your children whilst all pretending to be dinosaurs with this set of 8 Dinosaur Activity Challenge cards. Perhaps children could stand in a circle around the pile of cards and take turns to pick one for everyone to do. Cards could equally be shrunk down and placed on a key ring to take out on adventures or featured on an indoor or outdoor display board and referred to with everyone carrying out the activity on floor space in front. Once the children get to know the cards they will be able to relate the action to the picture without necessarily needing the card read to them...For example an adult may be able to simply hold up a card and everyone will be able to do the activity together! Great for physical development, descriptive language, understanding the world and turn taking.
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Pack of Dinosaur colouring pictures/pages.
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Expand upon children’s knowledge of dinosaurs whilst playing a fun game of snap (or a memory game of ‘picking up pairs’) with this set of snap cards. The cards are made with a tab/patterned back which can be folded before lamination in order to strengthen the final product. This also means that when turned over, the picture on the front can not be seen.
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Why not set up an invitation to play using these dinosaur counting puzzles? Select those appropriate for your children (1-10 available) and allow them to match the number with the corresponding number of dinosaurs. Each pair has a different way of connecting as a puzzle for the children to match and so even if they haven’t learnt what the number looks like yet, but are beginning to say the numbers in order, this can be a fun way to introduce them to new challenges. Once the puzzles are complete, why not line the numbers up in order and count together? If your children would enjoy a further game, leave out a number and see if they can spot which one is missing from the sequence. Puzzles could also be used as a fine motor control/counting activity if left uncut. Children could be given an appropriate number for their learning and encouraged to place objects on the dinosaurs, counting as they go.
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These card prompts are for encouraging the children to think of what sounds these dinosaurs might have made.
• Tell the children that no-one knows for sure what these dinosaurs sounded like, so we need some great ideas.
• When showing these card prompts draw attention to whether the dinosaur is small, large, or gigantic! Will this affect the sound?
• How about whether the dinosaur looks fierce or timid… does this change what they think?
An additional sound activity could be to think about the sounds the dinosaurs’ footsteps would make, paying attention to the size of the dinosaur and how heavy it would have been.
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Point to a dinosaur and make its sound!
Phase 1 Phonics/Letters & Sounds Mat. Have great fun making up sounds for each dinosaur!
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Enjoy teaching your children the basics of blending sounds to create words when you play this fun ‘Dinosaur’ themed 'CVC word builder' game together! Easy to play and instructions included on the front page. Will you end up making a 'real' or 'nonsense' word when you put your CVC bone together? Why not use this game in conjunction with 'Phase 2 Letters and Sounds Flashcards', 'Sound Mat' or the 'Cut and Match Activity'? Various themed Phase 2 word cards also available in the Literacy section.
Please note that all Phase 2 sounds are included and so it is at your own discretion as to the selection of sounds you use in order to allow/prevent particular undesirable letter combinations!
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Pack of Dinosaur themed alphabet cards to colour. Featuring Tyrannosaurus Rex, Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Pterodactyl and Ankylosaurus.
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Once laminated these Dinosaur Multimats (Stegosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Spinosaurus & T-Rex) are ideal to be used as reusable playdough or loose parts mats. Alternatively, use them in conjunction with whiteboard pens. Without lamination these sheets could also be used with mark making tools or art and craft materials.
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Dinosaur themed size ordering pictures. Includes Brachiosaurus, Pterodactyl, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Parasaurolophus, Stegosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Ankylosaurus & Plesiosaur. Intended to be cut out (and ideally laminated) for use by children in repeatable size ordering activities. If you have access to a fuzzy felt board, why not stick velcro tabs on the back so that children can move them around on the board? Alternatively use them as a cut and stick activity (to also strengthen fine motor skills) for the children to take home and discuss with their families using words such as ‘small, smaller, smallest, big, bigger, biggest’.
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Dinosaur themed size ordering pictures colouring pack. Includes Brachiosaurus, Pterodactyl, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Parasaurolophus, Stegosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Ankylosaurus & Plesiosaur. This colouring version is intended to be a cut and stick activity (to also strengthen fine motor skills) to encourage children to talk about using words such as ‘small, smaller, smallest, big, bigger, biggest’.
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Dinosaur themed tally chart. Your children will love to use this as part of an out and about hunt activity (for example dinosaurs hidden around your outdoor area) or in conjunction with a 'Dinosaur' themed tuff spot or feely bag. Use as a Tally Chart or Check List. Differentiate expectations for individual children within your care. Some children may simply use it as a visual cue whilst others may begin to make marks resembling tally lines or even numbers. Alternatively ask your children ‘Which is your favourite dinosaur?’ and collect the results as a group. Which dinosaur has the most votes? Perhaps use in conjunction with our ‘Dinosaur Pictogram Chart Activity’.
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Dinosaur Pictogram Chart pictures designed for children to not only think about their favourite dinosaur, but also realise that others may not have the same favourite. In addition, children begin to learn about simple graphs and charts. Ideal for use in a classroom, preschool, nursery or childminder setting. Children do not have to necessarily complete the activity at the same time, but a chart can be added to a display and individual children can add their own favourites at appropriate times. Simply place the four large dinosaurs on the first page in a horizontal line to form the base of the chart and children can add their own favourite smaller dinosaur above to create the vertical lines of a chart. The lengths of the lines can be compared and number of dinosaurs on each can be counted to find totals. Questions such as ‘How many children like the triceratops?’ may be asked. To really extend mathematical thinking, questions such as ‘How many more children like the tyrannosaurus rex than the triceratops?’ could be delved into. Please note that pterodactyls were pterosaurs (a type of flying reptile), not technically dinosaurs.
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Fun game to develop dinosaur knowledge including the terms ‘herbivore’ (plant eater) and ‘carnivore’ (meat eater). Along with developing/consolidating number recognition of dice numbers 1-6, this game also begins to sew the seeds of odd and even numbers. Children also develop listening and turn taking skills whilst having fun together! The game can easily be differentiated by outcome and adult input. Instructions on first page.
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Silhouettes and pictures of dinosaurs to match together. Recognising something from a basic outline shape and making an informed guess as to its nature provides good pre-reading practice for young children. These cards can be used as part of a memory game or straight matching game.
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‘Dinosaur’ themed Number Slice Puzzle Activities. Puzzles available for 1-5, 1-10 and 0-20 sequencing, full colour and black and white versions for colouring. Cut along the vertical lines and laminate for multiple uses or allow your children to cut and stick as an individual activity to take home. Great for number recognition and ordering, observational skills and motor control.
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'My Favourite/Favorite Dinosaur’ Writing/Drawing/Mark Making Sheets. Both spellings included.
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Versatile dinosaur border paper. File includes colour and black and white, plus blank and lined versions.
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Versatile dinosaur border paper. File includes colour and black and white, plus blank and lined versions.
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These mummy dinosaurs have lost their eggs! They can remember how many eggs they had. Can your children make the right amount of eggs with playdough and put them in the nest? Or perhaps they could draw the correct number of eggs? What will your dinosaur eggs look like? This activity not only develops number recognition and 1:1 correspondence counting, but also fine motor skills, creativity, descriptive language and dinosaur topic knowledge.
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Some of the bones from these dinosaurs have been lost! Can you draw what you think their missing parts may have looked like? Challenge your children to create their own dinosaurs with these ‘missing parts’ dinosaur sheets (x6) and final ‘design your own dinosaur’ sheet.
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Dinosaur exhibit/fact posters. Each A4 poster includes a large dinosaur with comparison to human height picture plus basic facts at the bottom as you may find when walking around a museum. Print full size as part of a display or even role play area to pretend you are walking around a museum or print smaller as fact cards. Why not play sorting games such as putting all of the carnivores in one pile and herbivores in another…or organising the dinosaurs in height order by looking at the size of the human in each picture?
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‘Dino Dig’ sand play activities:
Ideal banner to help transform your sand pit into a ‘Dino Dig’ area!
More ‘Dino Dig’ resources available here.
Have fun!
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The cards are intended to be cut, folded and laminated before being buried in the sand pit/tray.
The silhouette or full picture cards can be used separately or a mixture of both.
The children can then dig in the sand to find the cards and then try to match up with the dinosaurs on the ‘Dino Dig Mat’ at the end of this pack.
Have fun!
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The cards are intended to be cut and laminated before being buried in the sand pit/tray.
The children can then dig in the sand to find and say the letters on the fossils.
(Don’t forget if you choose the editable docx file, you can change the font!)
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The cards are intended to be cut and laminated before being buried in the sand pit/tray.
The children can then dig in the sand to find and identify the shapes on the fossils.
Includes 4 sets of 6 shapes: triangle, square, circle, rectangle/oblong, pentagon and hexagon. Having 4 sets allows for matching the same shape and counting up to 4 of the same shape. If you would like less or more sets you may of course print as appropriate.
Have fun!
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The children can then dig in the sand to find and say the numbers on the fossils.
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The puzzles are intended to be cut and laminated before being buried in the sand pit/tray.
The children can then dig in the sand to find the puzzle pieces and match them together.
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The cards are intended to be cut and laminated before being buried in the sand pit/tray.
The children can then dig in the sand to find the separate parts of the puzzle and cards and then try to match them together.
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The cards are intended to be cut and laminated before being buried in the sand pit/tray.
The children can then dig in the sand to find the five cards in a set and then order them by size.
Have fun!
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The bones are intended to be cut and laminated before being buried in the sand pit/tray.
The children can then dig in the sand to find and read the words on the bones.
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This page is for educational purposes only and is intended to support early years and primary practitioners with ideas and resources related to 'International Dinosaur Day'. It is a popular, informally observed day, and is not established by a single global founding organisation. We do not claim any rights to specific trademarks or official materials associated with any particular group's celebration of this day. For information on local events or educational resources, we recommend consulting reputable natural history museums, science centres, or educational websites dedicated to palaeontology.
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