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Good Ideas For Teaching Kids About Dinosaurs?

February 25, 2010 by admin  
Filed under Magic

Hey guys,
I’m a fairly new second grade teacher who just moved to Canada. I’ve never really taught at schools outside of Scotland before, so the curriculum is a bit different.
Anyways the current topic my 2nd graders are learning about are Dinosaurs. I have a couple fun ideas stocked up on projects and other things they can do which involve reading, writing and building things. We are also going to watch “The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs” at some point during the topic.
My oldest son is 3 years old and he hasn’t quite gotten to the dinosaur hype stage, so I’m not extremely familiar with cool things related to dinosaurs.
As parents of older children I was hoping some of you have come across the dinosaurs topic when your children were a bit younger. Even if you haven’t though and you have creative ideas related to the topic, your answers are highly appreciated.
Do you have any good ideas on things I could do with the kids involving dinosaurs?
Thanks.

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One Response to “Good Ideas For Teaching Kids About Dinosaurs?”
  1. Nona said so says:

    Land Before Time movies are entertaining and they learn a little about the types of dinosaurs and what happened to them…my son and other boys I know usually respond well to the movie.
    Also, look into some museums in your town…there is usually one that has dinosaur displays and probably have lots of info and activities you can do…maybe even a field trip is possible…sheck with your school…
    Places like Scholar’s Choice or Mrs. Tiggy Winkles has lots of cool stuff too. Check it out!
    Good luck!