For the past two years or so, one of Big Brother’s favorite things is dinosaurs! In fact, the picture is from his dinosaur birthday party last year (with 5-day old Little Brother)! Given this love of dinosaurs, it probably comes as no surprise that he LOVES the PBS Show, “Dinosaur Train“.
- Cut out the illustrations & dinosaur names and attach them to large index cards (I used mod podge over the pictures to make the cards a little sturdier & to prevent the pictures from ripping off).
- Let dry & cut apart the cards.
That gave us one nice set of dinosaur alphabet cards, but I decided to make a second set so we could do some matching activities. At this point, Big Brother has a pretty solid grasp on his capital letters, but needs more practice with lower case. So, for the second set…
- Cut out the illustrations, cutting off the letters.
- Paste the cut illustrations to large index cards.
- Once dry, write in the lower case letters and the dinosaur names in lower case letters (not exactly “scientifically correct” to do so, but I’m definitely more concerned about learning letters than scientific accuracy right now :) ).
- Then, cut the cards apart.
With these two sets of cards, there are various activities you can do:
-Sequence the cards in alphabetical order.
- Scatter the cards and then find the upper & lower case matches or even play “memory”.
Any way you use them should be great for reinforcing letter-learning and are sure to be a hit with dinosaur fans!
Watching a seed grow into plant is so fun for kids! But if you’ve got a black thumb like me, you might forget to water it! This is a fun family project that everyone can participate in!
