Dinosaur Topic, Knowledge and Understanding of the World
EYFS or KS1
Dinosaur pictures with speech bubbles. Ideal for encouraging writing in Reception or Yr 1
EYFS / KS1 Dinosaur Maths Activity Pack
30 pages of math resources for tiny dinosaur enthusiasts. This EYFS / KS1 resource pack has a bumper collection of dinosaur themed, 3-way differentiated activities and worksheets.
Activities include:
How many plates on the stegosaurus clip cards - (3 sets)
How many dinosaurs - draw a line to the correct number.
How many eggs - cut and paste activity.
Put the eggs in the nest - cut and paste activity.
Matching eggs - number bonds to 5 activity
Matching eggs - number bonds to 10 activity
One more one less worksheets.
More or fewer - cut and paste activity.
Ordering eggs - cut and paste activity.
Continue the pattern - cut and paste activity.
Venn diagram - sort the dinosaurs
I spy - count the dinosaurs.
I can tally worksheets.
Pictograph worksheets
Please note that a couple of these worksheets are also in our EYFS home learning activity pack.
Objective: Make an arm-span timeline to help visualise time.
Learning outcomes
Children will:
learn a strategy for thinking about very long periods of time that can be applied to other aspects of history
understand that non-avian dinosaurs lived long before humans – they did not live together
understand that Earth is more ancient than dinosaurs
understand that humans have lived for a very short time compared to the age of the planet
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Arithmetints colouring puzzles are an ideal way for students to develop and practise their mathematical skills. This unique dinosaur puzzle aims to embed children’s understanding of 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x and 10x tables facts. Arithmetints puzzles are a flexible resource which can be used for a variety of purposes including assessment. Each puzzle comes with an answer sheet for easy marking. These puzzles also really brighten up pupils’ workbooks or make a great display.
Dinosaur story aimed at children with SEND with a focus on communication and sound discrimination. Sensory story add-on.
Dan is a young, curious dinosaur who is a little braver than his mother would like. He is tired of all the things he has being doing from day to day. He decides to leave his nest and explore the jungle.
Dan encounters 5 different sounds and stops to investigate the different animals that are making those sounds. As the day draws to a close, he realises he is lost and needs to listen carefully to hear his mother’s roar. Dan follows his mother’s roar and finds his way back home.
This story is aimed at children who have special educational needs, it has a strong focus on communication and interaction. That being said, it will be enjoyed by all children who appreciate rhyming stories and repetitive refrains.
The rhyming repetitive refrain encourages children to join in with the actions, and the additional communication board and PECS symbols support children who are non-speaking. Using the communication board and PECS symbols alongside the story gives children with additional needs a voice to answer questions or make comments about the story.
Throughout the story there are opportunities to listen to the different animals by using the interactive red button. Along with being an engaging tool, it helps to develop the child’s auditory discrimination which supports both language and reading skill development and is the building block for phonemic awareness.
I have previously used this story with a student group who were quite diverse, ranging from PMLD to Year 1 level. We read the story at least once a week over ½ a term and by the end of the term they were motivated to join in and use their communication aids. We printed out the slides and made them into a book which was placed onto the class bookshelf and pupils would often choose it as their favoured text.
This story can also be accessed by children who have profound and multiple learning difficulties by incorporating additional sensory stimuli throughout – The resources needed are outlined at the beginning of the PowerPoint.
At the end of the story there is a short game to guess the sound.
The PowerPoint slides can be printed (2 slides per page) and made into a book for guided reading.
Worksheets to develop sentence building skills can be bought separately.
Colourful Semantics - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/colourful-semantics-stomp-roar-let-s-explore-13004167
Sentence Building - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sentence-building-stomp-roar-let-s-explore-13004173
Describe Dinosaur worksheet
Design and label your own dinosaur worksheet
Based around the book ‘The Dinosaur That Pooped A Planet’ by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter.
Aimed to encourage character design, labelling and simple sentence writing. Working on capital letters, finger spaces, full stops and descriptive writing.
Adaptable for Reception or Year 1 children.
An upbeat song describing a few of the more popular dinosaurs. 'Triceratops with horns and frill, Stegosaurus and Pterodactyl...' With piano score, performance, backing track and lyric sheet. Good for a few stomp and chomp actions too!