Kinetic Sand, Dino Dig Playset with 10 Hidden Dinosaur Bones to Discover, for Kids Aged 6 and Up

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frames are terrific for building math skills, and using them with kinetic sand makes things a little more fun. Then, measure out 1 teaspoon of dish soap and pour it into a separate container. Add ¼ cup of water to the dish soap and stir until bubbles begin to form. Cut apart a plastic bin and use with layers of kinetic sand to show how Earth’s layers form geographical features, like mountains, as the tectonic plates move. One of the best gifts to get a dinosaur-obsessed kid is a high-quality dinosaur figure. When choosing a gift, consider the child’s age and interests to help narrow down your search. Younger kids might like dinosaur cars, and older kids might like a dinosaur Lego set. Pay attention to manufacturer recommended ages to avoid frustration and safety issues. What Is The Most Popular Dinosaur among kids? Next, pour your kinetic sand in your sensory table along with some plastic dinosaurs and invite your little learners to start exploring!

I also added some blue glass gems from the dollar store and some aquarium grass from the pet store to my sensory bin. You can even make it colorful and make rainbow kinetic sand!

Dinosaur Dig Dramatic Play

Learning compound words? Grab a free set of printable cards at the link below, then match and stamp or write the words in kinetic sand. I recently found this recipe for edible kinetic sand in Awesome Edible Kids Crafts by Arena Blake. It was such a hit with my kids, that I thought it I would share it with you!

Invite your toddler to explore the bin by filling up the eggs with sand, hissing the dinosaurs, or making footprints.While you’re learning about planets, drop by the surface of the moon to explore for awhile. We’re not saying you have to use this cool glow-in-the-dark kinetic sand, but why wouldn’t you? Kinetic sand activities are just more fun than a dry-erase board! This is an easy, reusable way for kids to practice basic writing.

Pete keeps losing his buttons. Can your students help find them in the kinetic sand bin? This is such a fun activity to accompany Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons. ( Find more great Pete the Cat activities here.) I am awful at tidying Adam’s play activities. The next day the Tuff Spot, dinosaurs and diggers were still outside. However, the home made kinetic sand had dried out and had turned into a chalky substance that was hard but turned to dust when you moved it in yours hands. To my surprise Adam acted out the story completely by himself using the repetitive language in the book. He went inside a retrieved the blue container we had used for the swimming pool and set about creating the pool again. Dinosaur Dig is certainly a huge hit in our household! If you have Dinosaur-shaped sand molds you can add those too. These were found at the dollar store and although they don’t work very well with sand, they are amazing for Kinetic sand.

9. Count and learn with kinetic sand and straws.

Many people have become interested in dinosaurs because of their prevalence in popular culture, the Jurassic Park franchise being a major influence. Dinosaurs are intriguing to people of all ages, which makes playing with them fun. Psychologist Stephen Jay Gould summed up the reason for their popularity in three words: dinosaurs are “big, fierce and extinct.” Why Do Toddlers Like Dinosaurs? Which came first—the dinosaur or the egg? We can’t say for sure, but your kids will have fun learning about their favorite prehistoric beasts with this activity. This sensory bin looks simple to set up, and it is, but it is a great activity to work on fine motor development. Pushing the sand to mold it, allows the muscles to get stronger. Adding the sand into the eggs works on eye-hand coordination and development of those little fingers and more gentle movements of the hand and fingers. All super important tasks for early writing skills. Some kinetic sand activities are all about the creativity. Give kids regular and blue kinetic sand and a handful of beach accessories to see what they’ll come up with! This sensory activity is so simple to set up! All you need is kinetic sand and plastic dinosaur skeletons. Bury the dinosaur bones, then invite your preschooler to uncover them using only the bristles and handle of a paintbrush or toothbrush.