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Dinosaur Skip Counting Puzzles

Who doesn't love dinosaurs? My kids are huge dinosaur lovers so it was natural to bring them into our homeschool. The kids love practicing math when it's fun and engaging. These dinosaur skip counting puzzles are a fun way to practice counting by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10. Skip the boring math worksheets and get skip counting with these fun skip counting puzzles. Math doesn't have to be a snooze fest, spice it up and make it more interactive.


 My kids are huge dinosaur lovers so it was natural to bring them into our homeschool Dinosaur Skip Counting Puzzles
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Dinosaur Skip Counting Puzzles Supplies

Print the printables out onto paper or card stock if you'd like them to be stronger. If you'd like them to last, I suggest you laminate them or cover them in contact paper. Then cut them up along the dotted lines and voila, you have skip counting puzzles.


 My kids are huge dinosaur lovers so it was natural to bring them into our homeschool Dinosaur Skip Counting Puzzles

We're using these with my daughter and they're helping her understand how skip counting doesn't include all of the numbers. To extend this activity, read your favorite dinosaur books, create your own dinosaur fossils out of salt dough, or have them draw their own dinosaur and give it a new name, one that hasn't been discovered yet.

You can also use a hundreds chart and find the numbers on the puzzles on there as you counting by twos and so on. My daughter had to visualize this for her to understand it and it can be a tricky concept to teach. You can color in the hundreds chart or cover them with math tiles or blocks. You could place it in a sheet protector and then use a dry erase marker to find the correct numbers as you count.

Add more dinosaurs to your classroom, your students will thank you.

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Monique from Living Life and Learning
Monique is a homeschooling mom to 3 kiddos who lives in Ontario, Canada. She loves exploring code as a website designer and also has an MS in biology. She enjoys sharing math and science printables on her blog, Living Life and Learning, along with homeschooling tips and family ideas. You can also find her on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter.

Dinosaur Fun Preschool Pack

Dinosaurs are so much fun! With this pack your preschoolers can have tons of fun building their skills. This 37 page preschool pack is full of learning activities such as counting to 10, shapes, colors, letters, and so much more!

 With this pack your preschoolers can have tons of fun building their skills Dinosaur Fun Preschool Pack


Here are some of the activities included in this FREE Dinosaur pack:

  • Number puzzles 1 to 10
  • My Dino Color Book
  • Color matching mats
  • Various worksheets
  • Puzzles
  • Graphing
  • Patterns
  • Shadow matching
  • Letter case sorting
  • Color by size
  • Color by dino
  • Shape tracing
  • Counting
  • ABC sequence
  • and more!

Dinosaur Number Puzzles 1-10


Print and cut out each card. Cut across the dotted lines to form the puzzles. Great for counting, number recognition and one-to-one correspondence.

My Dino Color Book


In this activity children will learn to read a few sight words as well as color words and the word dinosaur. It's a super simple read with each page representing a different color. Kids can also color each dinosaur. Print out and cut out each page, then staple the book together.

Dinosaur Color Matching Mats


This activity is a fun way to practice colors and sorting. It also helps with one to one correspondence as each box has a spot for each block. Just print out the mats and cut around the dotted lines to separate the color blocks.     

Dinosaur Worksheets



Several work pages are also included to practice different skills such as shapes and writing practice. With the shadow match cards, the kids will be matching shadows to images. Just cut out the cards and get to matching. With the graphing page, the children will be learning how graph. There are also a few quiet time activities like a do a dot letter D. There are a few other activities in the pack, such as a find a color matching cards game, letter Dd sorting page, and a dino lacing card.

Dinosaur Puzzles



Puzzles are our favorite around here. I added a few different types of puzzles to this set. There is a count to 10 sequence puzzle, head to full body match puzzle, and cut the dino in half matching puzzles. Just print an cut around the dark lines and dotted lines. I would suggest lamination because puzzles tend to get manipulated a good bit and laminating them will help them last longer.

Why not add to this pack with a Dino Stomp free printable board game and a fun arts and crafts project Paper Mache Dinosaur piggy bank.

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Becka from Miniature Masterminds:
I'm a homeschooling mother of 3 who loves being creative. Miniature Masterminds is the blog where I share my knowledge from years of Early Childhood Education classes and past experience working with young children in the classroom, as well as being my much needed creative outlet. I love sharing free printable activities, crafts, and ideas to help others in their work with young children. Miniature Masterminds also showcases the activities I do with my preschool daughter, elementary school age son, and middle school daughter in our home education journey.

Dinosaur Alphabet Clip Cards

My boys loved dinosaurs when they were younger. We watched movies, read books, and collected plastic dinosaurs for years! When they were older and ready to start school, we incorporated dinosaurs into our homeschool preschool lessons as often as possible.


My boys loved dinosaurs when they were younger Dinosaur Alphabet Clip Cards
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Dinosaur Alphabet Clip Cards

This dinosaur-themed alphabet recognition activity is a great addition to your preschool lessons. Little ones will work on a variety of skills with this activity. However, it does take a little prep work to get started.

Supplies Needed

Print each of the pages out and laminate them for durability. Cut each page into four separate cards. To use this activity, have your child identify the uppercase letter on the card. Then, have your child identify each lowercase letter at the bottom of each card. Using a clothespin, have your child identify the matching lowercase letter. If you don't have clothespins, they can use a paperclip or a dry erase marker (if you laminated the card) to identify the lowercase letter.

As your child uses these alphabet clip cards, they will not only work on identifying the letters but also their fine motor skills as they work the clothespin or paper clip onto the cards.


A Tip

Make this a self-correcting activity by putting a small dot or circle sticker on the back of the correct answer. Then, your child can flip the card over and check to see if they clipped the right letter.

Storing the Activity

I like to store these types of activities in a zipper pouch that has three holes in it. Then, I can store them in a 3-ring binder. If you don't have these on hand, you can just store them in a plastic baggie to keep all the cards together.

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Tara from Homeschool Preschool
Tara is wife to Matt and homeschool momma of three. She has successfully homeschooled her oldest two, and is currently homeschooling her youngest. Though her children are older, she is always looking for an opportunity to create educational activities and content for young learners. She blogs about homeschooling, preschool activities, and other educational topics at Homeschool Preschool.


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Free Dinosaur I-Spy Printable

Dinosaur fans will love to practice counting with this I-Spy printable activity, perfect for toddlers and preschoolers!

Dinosaur fans will love to practice counting with this I Free Dinosaur I-Spy Printable
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This FREE Dinosaur I-Spy activity will get kids counting and practicing number recognition with a fun dinosaur theme.

Materials Needed:

Instructions:

Laminate the mat for durability and to be reused multiple times. Ask the child to count how many of each dinosaur they can find. Then, ask the child to write the numbers in the boxes at the bottom, with dry erase markers. This is good for writing practice, but if your child is too young you can ask them to find the correct number tile and place it in the box.

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Dinosaurs Initial Blends Printable Activity

There are many steps to being a fluent reader and working on initial blends is a big step. These dinosaur themed initial blends pages are the perfect way to practice reading and writing blends.  


There are many steps to being a fluent reader and working on initial blends is a big step Dinosaurs Initial Blends Printable Activity
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Materials Needed

These pages are fairly simple so not many materials are needed. But to make them even more fun, you might want to collect these items:


How to Set Up the Dinosaur Initial Blends

There are two different pages in this set to work on reading blends. Both of them can be no-prep, unless you want to cut out the pieces first. Just print them out and you are ready to go! If you want to reuse the 'Find the Blends' page you can laminate that page and use dry erase markers. Sheet protectors will also work!  




Using the Dinosaur Initial Blends Pages

The first blends page is all about reading blends and then writing them down. It can be used multiple times for extra writing and reading practice. Or it can be used just once. There are 3 separate pages featuring 9 different blends. We used them as a hide and seek type page. My kids got even more into it when I brought out magnifying glasses (Because every activity is better with magnifying glasses). The words aren't so small that you need a magnifying glass but it does get the kids more excited!

The second page is about making words with blends. There are 10 words per page and 12 blends to choose from. When we worked on this it was a bit of a puzzle. Some of the blends fit in multiple places but many only have one correct answer. The trick is filling out all of the words. These pages match the first pages. Each covers the same 3 blends and the dinosaurs on each page match.




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Erin from Royal Baloo
Erin is a full time homeschooler and blogger. During her "free" time she enjoys any crafty activity, reading, or making printables. She blogs at RoyalBaloo.com as a means of sharing the printables and whatnot.




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