Kids will have so much fun playing these 10 dinosaur activities they won’t even realise they’re developing early literacy and math skills! This easy-prep pack of 10 games will have them stomping and roaring with excitement in no time.

Dinosaur Themed Activities Setup

For this activity pack you will need:

Paper 

Printer

Playdough or other manipulatives

Scissors

Clips or wooden pegs

Paperclip to use as spinner or prepared plastic spinners

Writing tools – crayon, pencil, etc

Dot stickers/markers or pompoms to make patterns

Optional but recommended: Laminator and dry erase markers for use in a center and increasing durability

Below are some of the supplies I use personally at home. After doing so many printable activities, I’ve found that it’s most helpful to always have these basic supplies on hand.

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Printable Dinosaur Literacy and Math Centers

This pack contains a variety of 10 themed centers that will develop literacy, early math and fine motor skills.

Games included:

1) Dinosaur Alphabet Writing Strips – Print out and cut into individual strips for kids to practice writing out the letters with handwriting lines. Great for writing centers!

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2) Dinosaur CVC Ending Sounds – 40 different CVC words included. Simply print out and cut up into individual cards. I suggest laminating them and then using a dry erase marker to write the letters on.

3) Dinosaur Alphabet Clip Strips – This is a fun activity that works on fine motor skills and literacy. Print out and cut into individual strips. Place a clothespin/wooden peg on the matching letters on the strip.

4) Letter-saurus Fossil Digging – Print out and cut into individual cards. Print out the recording sheet. Pick a letter card then find and color it in on the recording sheet until all letters have been found.

5) Dinosaur Playdough Color Words Mats – There are 8 different mats to use with playdough for forming the names of colors.

6) Dinosaur School Race Spin and Graph – This game can be used with a plastic spinner or paperclip and pencil combination. Spin the wheel and race to reach 10.

7) Dinosaur Playdough Counting Mats to 10 – Kids can form the number and then fill up the ten frame with playdough ‘dinosaur eggs’. Great for counting practice!

8) Dinosaur Number to Word Matching – Print out and cut up into individual cards. Have kids match up the number 1-10 cards to the number word cards.

9) Dinosaur Egg Pattern Strips – Use pompoms, dot markers, dot stickers or other colored manipulatives to complete the patterns. This game includes ABAB, AABB, ABCABC and ABCB patterns.

10) Dinosaur Eating Habits Sorting Mats – Print out the 2 sorting mats and the picture cards. Divide up the 18 food items into the herbivore or carnivore mats.

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