Are you looking for extension activities to the amazing book by Paul Stickland ‘Dinosaur Roar’? You’re in LUCK! These fun and hands-on activities will help your kids work on one-on-one correspondence, visual discrimination, opposites recognition, counting and story sequencing.
Dinosaur Roar Opposites Cards
Using interactive activities like this one, is a hands-on and engaging way for your kids to learn concepts such as opposites. It’s also a great way to master memory skills, visual discrimination and so much more.
What you get:
- Opposites Cards (Print out and laminate)
How to use this resource:
After reading the story, ask the children to re-tell the story, using the picture cards. The cards can also be used to play charades, as well as a memory game. Place all the cards face down on a table. Each child gets a turn to turn over 2 cards. If the 2 cards are opposites, they get to keep the cards. If not, they have to place them back face down on the table top.
Dinosaur Roar Opposites
All kids love drawing dinosaurs. This activity is great for getting them to practice visual discrimination, learn about opposites and just to have fun!
What you get:
- ‘Opposites’ Activity Sheets
How to use this resource:
Hand out the activity sheets. Place all the Dinosaurs Opposites Cards where all the children can see it. Children choose 2 opposites, then draw 2 dinosaurs. For example, a ‘lumpy’ dinosaur and a ‘bumpy’ dinosaur.
Dinosaur Color by Number
What you will need:
- Coloring sheets
- Coloring pencils
How to use this resource:
Print out the activity sheets. Children color the dinosaur picture according to the numbers.
Dinosaur Fun Facts
Click on the images below to download the fun facts.
What you need:
- Dinosaur Fun Facts printed out and laminated
- Blu-tac
How to complete the activity:
Laminate the dinosaur posters for re-use. Stick the posters on the board, or on big construction paper. Brainstorm all the fast facts around the posters.
My Book of Dinosaurs
Print out and assemble the books. Hand out the books and talk about all the dinosaurs in it. Children color the pictures and copy the words onto the lines provided.
Dinosaur Grid Game
Each child gets a grid game card. Children take turns throwing a dice (in clockwise direction). They cover the number of dinosaurs that’s on the dice, starting from the top left. The first child to have covered all the dinosaurs on their sheet wins.
Dinosaur Race to the Top
Play this game in pairs. Each child can use only one color pencil or marker. Children take turns spinning (by placing a pencil inside a paper clip to hold it and spinning the paper clip). The child colors whichever dinosaur the spinner lands on in their color. When the time is over, count the different colored dinosaurs. The child with the most dinosaurs wins.
Dinosaur Graphing
Cut out and assemble the dice. Each child in the group gets a ‘Dino Graph’ activity sheet. Children take turns throwing the dice. Everyone colors 1 block above the dinosaur the dice lands on. When the time is over, count and compare.
Dinosaur Bingo
We did this activity as a whole class. The children sat in a circle and the teacher picked up the Bingo cards and said the word out loud. We continued playing until everyone had Bingo’d!
Click on the images below to download the Dinosaurs Themed Math & Literacy Centers for the week.
