Category: Thematic Units

  • Dinosaur Craft

    Dinosaur Craft

    After talking with Landon about how dinosaurs are extinct and reading several stories from the library about how scientists learn about the dinosaurs since they can’t see them, I wanted to not only do some “scientific” projects about fossils but an art project as well. Again, pinterest is my friend. Dinosaur Skeleton Craft Pasta (preferably something…

  • Clothespin Stegosaurus

    Clothespin Stegosaurus

    We’ve been talking a lot about dinosaurs and the different types of dinosaurs. Landon is still instant that every dinosaur is a T-Rex. Today we made a stegosaurus. He still calls it a T-Rex. Oh well. I got the idea here. Gotta love pinterest! (Speaking of pinterest, if you like what’s here feel free to…

  • Paper Plate Dinosaur

    Paper Plate Dinosaur

    I found this cute idea on pinterest for a paper plate dinosaur! We HAD to try it out. I made a few adaptations and attached them with brads rather than just gluing so Landon could make his dinosaur come “alive”. Paper Plate Dinosaur 2 Paper Plates Paint Brads (Brass Fasteners) Cut one plate in half…

  • Dinosaur Feet

    Dinosaur Feet

    We had a great time pretending we were a dinosaur with some really easy to make dinosaur feet. Dinosaur Feet Cardboard Ribbon Paint Cut out the shape of a dinosaur foot from cardboard. Punch holes on the left and right side of where your child’s foot will be next to the toes and a little…

  • Dinosaur Hop

    Dinosaur Hop

    This is a very versatile game that can be adapted to whatever skill your child is working on. All you need is flash cards of whatever skill you’re working on and copies of the dinosaur foot print, custom colored of course! Then as your child names whatever flash card you are working on they get…

  • Train Craft

    Train Craft

    This was another spur of the moment activity that actually turned out pretty cute. Materials Train Outline Cardboard, Foamboard or other sturdy paper Cotton balls 1 empty toilet paper roll Markers Glue Take the outline of a train and using a pen poke holes along the lines to transfer it to the carboard, foamboard or…

  • Cardboard Car

    Want to know what a few hours of time, some paper plates and paint, a cardboard box and some duct tape can create? We spent Monday morning painting gluing and cutting to make Landon a car out of a cardboard box. It was really all his idea. We still had a few boxes laying around…

  • Car Painting

    I got this idea to do marble painting. I’ve done tons of marble painting in the classroom with my kindergartners it’s a fun different way to paint. Then it dawned on me – all my marbles that I used for painting I left behind in my classroom. So I thought of another way I’ve painted before,…