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September 7, 2010 by Jenae - 7 Comments
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Biggest to Smallest with Dinosaurs (and Footprints too)

Ordering items based on their size can be a tricky skill for a little one. Before children can do this, they need to understand the concept of “big” and “little”.

A modification of this activity is appropriate for children as young as one-year all the way to five-years! And all you need are a few dinosaurs of various sizes (plastic or paper).

Some suggestions for implementing this activity with your child:

  • 1-2 Years:  Use just 2 dinosaurs–a large one and a small one. Show your child the difference between “big” and “little”. Also, interject synonyms such as “large” and “small”.
  • 2-3 Years:  Use 3 dinosaurs. First have your child choose the biggest one and the smallest one. Then have him put the “middle-sized” one in between the two.
  • 3+ Years:  Use 4 or more dinosaurs. Have your child first choose the biggest and smallest. Then ask her to put them in order from biggest to smallest and then from smallest to biggest.

After we did this activity with the dinosaurs, we used each member of our family’s footprints to do the same thing. Big Brother even got to help paint Daddy’s foot (doesn’t he look excited?).

We also included the Dinosaur Footprint from last week’s measuring activity.

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Comments

  1. Crystal :) says

    September 7, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    YOU are the funnest family!!!
    Can't wait to do all of the dino activities during mother-in-law week next week! :)

    Reply
  2. Julie says

    September 7, 2010 at 2:52 pm

    That picture of Prince Charming made me laugh! What a sport. Cute idea once again.

    Reply
  3. Anonymous says

    December 1, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    Your daddy looks like Prince William in the above picture! :)

    Reply
  4. http://livingatthewhiteheadszoo.blogspot.com/ says

    March 14, 2011 at 6:50 pm

    I love your blog and enjoy your posts so much. Thanks for sharing. I want to give you the stylish blogger award.

    Please stop by http://livingatthewhiteheadszoo.blogspot.com to accept.

    Reply
  5. The Frosts says

    April 2, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    what sort of paint do you use?

    Reply
  6. Jenae says

    April 2, 2011 at 8:55 pm

    I just use tempera paint since it is (relatively) washable. :)

    Reply
  7. My Oatmeal Kisses says

    September 30, 2011 at 5:05 pm

    So cool! I love how you went through all of the steps and moved on to the painted footprints! I featured your cute idea over on my dinosaur weekly wrap up over on my blog today!

    -Kate

    Reply

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