Toddler Dinosaur Theme Activity Plans

What a wonder dinosaurs are! I’ve never met a child (or adult) who isn’t fascinated by these extinct lizards. Now is a great time to explore learning with raptors, triceratops, and the might t-rex.

These fun dinosaur activities for toddlers are the perfect way to explore the past with your young learners. Explore science, math, literacy, sensory, social-emotional activities and more! Great for toddlers at home or in the classroom, these versatile dino activities will fit the needs of all your toddlers without a bunch of extra planning time.

24 Interactive Dinosaur Theme Activity Plans for Young Children

Get ready for fun and learning with all our toddler activity plans. These toddler dinosaur activities are packed with literature-based plans that are easy to prepare and fun to do.

Just like all of our themed activity plans, the dinosaur themed activities for toddlers included in this activity plan are created around a set of high quality, classic themed books that your toddlers will love. We have included the list of books below so that you can grab them from your public library or purchase them for your personal library so that you can use these activities year after year.  

What are the benefits of the dinosaur toddler activity plans?

• Explore a variety of themed hands-on dinosaur learning activities!
• Build vocabulary and early literacy skills with dino songs and games!
• Get your littlest learners ready for preschool with hands-on learning and exploration!
• Introduce math skills through fun dinosaur counting activities.
• Our developmentally-appropriate fun dinosaur crafts for kids bring out the creativity in your toddlers!
• Use objects in your math, art and sensory activities to learn more about science and dinosaurs.

These easy-to-follow prehistoric activity plans include modifications and adaptations to meet the needs of all of your toddlers.

Every theme is comes with recommended reading lists, songs, material lists and more.

Take a Look at What is Included:

Mini Themes included within the Dinosaur Activity Plans :

Fossils, Dinosaur eggs, Bones

Recommended Reading:

• ‘How Do Dinosaurs Count To Ten?’ by Jane Yolen
•’How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?’ by Jane Yolen
•’Ten Little Dinosaurs’ by Mike Brownlow
•’10 Dinosaurs Party Time’ by Agnes Green
•’Dinosaur Roar!’ by Jeanne Willis

• ‘Mad About Dinosaurs’ by Giles Andreae
• ‘My Big Dinosaur Book’ by Roger Priddy
• ‘Touch and Feel: Dinosaur’ by DK
• ‘Dinosaur Dance!’ by Sandra Boynton

Materials List for Dinosaur Toddler Activity Plans:

Dinosaur Themed Activities at a glance:

What is included in the Dinosaur Toddler Activity Plans?

Who Developed the Dinosaur Activity Plans for Toddlers?

Developed by a team of talented teachers and parents, these dinosaur toddler activities range from whole group circle time ideas to active learning games. All activity plans have been carefully crafted and kid tested!

Whether you are a new teacher developing an entire toddler curriculum, a veteran teacher searching for new inspiration, or a parent homeschooling your toddler, you’ll find everything you need in these dinosaur toddler Activity Plans.