FREE Dinosaurs: My Favourite Dinosaur Activity | EYFS & KS1 Printables

FREE Early Years & Key Stage One: ‘My Favourite Dinosaur’ Activity Sheets - mark making, drawing & writing

🦖 Step back in time with our wonderful FREE Dinosaurs: My Favourite Dinosaur Activity! This engaging printable resource is perfect for EYFS and KS1 children, providing a fantastic way to develop imaginative writing, drawing skills, and emergent literacy through a captivating dinosaur theme.

Ideal for Preschool, Nursery, School, or for Parents and Childminders at home, this pack is a brilliant tool for a science or history topic on dinosaurs and fossils.

This fantastic FREE pack features:

• 'My Favourite/Favorite Dinosaur' writing/drawing/mark making sheets. Both UK and US spellings are included for your convenience.

• Differentiated sheets for all abilities: The pack includes sheets with fine lines, wide lines, and a blank sheet for drawing, ensuring every child can participate at their own level.

• Dinosaur images on each sheet to inspire creativity.

(Note: Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity suggested on this page and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)

• 💡 How to use this resource in your classroom/setting

  Our FREE Dinosaurs: My Favourite Dinosaur Activity is incredibly versatile and can be used in a multitude of ways across various early years and KS1 environments:

  • Creative Writing Activity:

    • Use the lined sheets to encourage children to write a few sentences about their favourite dinosaur. They can describe what it looks like, what it eats, or why they like it. This is a great way to practise sentence structure and descriptive language.

  • Drawing & Mark-Making:

    • The blank sheet is perfect for drawing. Younger children can use this to draw a picture of their favourite dinosaur, practising their mark-making and early drawing skills.

  • Differentiated Learning:

    • The different sheets allow for easy differentiation. Younger children can use the blank sheet to draw and a grown-up can write their ideas. Children in reception class might use the wide-lined sheet for emergent writing, while Year 1 and 2 children can use the fine-lined sheet for more detailed sentences.

  • Discussion Prompt:

    • The sheets can be used as a stimulus for a group discussion. Ask children to share their drawings and what they wrote about their favourite dinosaur. This helps to develop communication and language skills.

  • Science Topic Supplement:

    • Use the sheets as a fun follow-up activity to a lesson about dinosaurs. This reinforces the learning in a creative and personal way.

• 🎯 Learning objectives covered - 🐣 EYFS Framework

  EYFS Framework:

  • Literacy (Writing): Children use mark-making to represent their ideas and write for a purpose.

  • Expressive Arts and Design: Children explore and use a range of media, developing their own ideas and expressing creativity through drawing.

  • Physical Development (Fine Motor Skills): The acts of drawing and writing strengthen hand muscles, improve pencil grip, and enhance hand-eye coordination.

  • Understanding the World: Children learn about a different time in history and the animals that lived then.

• 🎯 Learning objectives covered - 🐤 KS1 Curriculum

  KS1 Curriculum:

  • English (Writing): Children can write sentences about their favourite dinosaur, using their knowledge of phonics and grammar.

  • Art and Design: Children use drawing to develop and share their ideas and experiences.

  • Science (Animals): Children learn to identify and name a variety of prehistoric animals and discuss their characteristics.

Download our FREE Dinosaurs: My Favourite Dinosaur Activity today and add a delightful, educational, and fun touch to your learning! 🦖

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