We absolutely love completing activity mats and had to create one to kick off our Dinosaur Preschool Theme. The creative side of me didn’t want to just use a plain piece of paper like we did for our Donut Activity mat, so I turned on the artist inside of me and drew up a fun dinosaur for my little ones to complete their activities on. Affiliate links have been added for your convenience.
It’s Dino Time!!!
For this activity mat, Little Miss 3 had to find all the capital and lowercase Dds, count dinosaur eggs and trace the number, trace numbers 1-4, build the letter Dd with playdough, read a fun dinosaur book, dot marker trace the letter Dd, and make animal tracks with the “mud” aka brown paint, which both Little Miss 3 and Little Man 1 enjoyed together.
This mat was so much fun for both kids and helped Little Miss work on skills like fine motor practice, counting, tracing, and identifying the Letter D. Every time she found a D we would discuss how it made the /d/ sound and I would explain how that is how we know Dinosaur starts with the letter D. So much learning took place just by talking about the things she was doing on the mat and wouldn’t you know she can spot a Dd a mile away now. It amazes me how something so simple has such amazing outcomes. Little Miss certainly learns through hands on engaging activities and these mats are just that.
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