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Turn a dinosaur obsession into a day of learning.
Be a Dinosaur is a free, kid-friendly collection of dinosaur games, activities, and resources for classrooms, homeschools, and curious families.
Learning for kids who can’t get enough dinosaurs.
Always free • No account needed • Preschool to 5th grade
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Easy ideas, activities and printables for homeschool families and curious kids.
- Dinosaur Day plans from 30 minutes to a full day
- Hands-on activity ideas
- Printables, games and learning resources
- Activities by age/level for multiple kids
- Make learning feel like play
Big imaginations belong here.
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Dinosaur Games
Fun, educational games kids love. Play Now
Printables
Coloring pages, word searches, activity sheets and more. See Printables
Meet the Dinosaurs
Explore dinosaurs by name, size, period and fun facts. Start ExploringHands-On Ideas
Simple creative activities using everyday supplies. Get IdeasResources by Age/Level
Find activities that fit your kids or students. Ages are a friendly guide, not a rule: follow your dinosaur fan’s lead.
Preschool Ages 3–5
Counting, colors, first sounds, puzzles and plenty of stomping.
Kindergarten–1st Grade Ages 5–7
Letter sounds, first words, adding and taking away.
2nd–3rd Grade Ages 7–9
Spelling, reading, multiplication and trickier logic.
Multiple Ages Siblings, co-ops & mixed classes
Activities that work well for siblings, homeschool groups, or mixed-age classrooms.
Older dinosaur fans? There are 4th grade games and 5th grade games too.
Teacher Quick-Start
Dinosaur classroom activities you can put on the board in the next five minutes.
- Free learning games by subject Math, reading, logic and language games that adjust to the grade you pick. Great for centers, early finishers and indoor recess.
- Free dinosaur printables Over 60 coloring pages, word searches, mazes, bingo, crosswords and a dinosaur report template, plus math and reading worksheets with answer keys.
- A ready-made dinosaur unit Reading, science, art and math in one half-day plan. Run it all at once or spread it over a week.
- Learning Paths Step-by-step practice that students can follow on their own.
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Family Quick-Start
Dinosaur homeschool activities, rainy-day rescues and screen time you can feel good about.
- Plan a Dinosaur Day Pick 30 minutes, an hour or a half day. Every plan is laid out step by step.
- Hands-on dinosaur activities Fossils, frozen eggs and backyard digs using things you already have at home.
- Dinosaur facts for kids Names, sizes, time periods and the fun facts your kid will repeat at dinner.
- Free dinosaur printables for off-screen time Coloring pages, mazes, word searches and tracing sheets you can print in seconds.
Teaching several kids at once? Tap My Grade at the top of any page and the games adjust to each child.
Free Dinosaur Printables
All printables
Dinosaur Coloring Pages
62 pages, easy to detailed
Dinosaur Word Searches
3 levels, answer keys
Dinosaur Mazes
Easy to tricky, with solutions
Dinosaur Activity Sheets
Tracing, scrambles, matching, reports
Dinosaur Puzzles & Games
Bingo, crosswords, secret codes, story pages
Need skills practice too? There are free math worksheets and reading and phonics worksheets, all with answer keys.
Dinosaur Games to Play Right Now
All games
Dinosaur Day Plans
Three ready-made plans. Times are suggestions: stretch the parts your kids love and skip what doesn’t fit.
30-Minute Dino Adventure
30-Minute Dino Adventure
You’ll need: A screen, a few toy dinosaurs, play dough
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5 min
Stomp in
Everyone picks a dinosaur and moves like it: stomp like a T. rex, stretch tall like a Brachiosaurus. Ask: was your dinosaur a plant-eater or a meat-eater? Meet the dinosaurs →
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10 min
Play a dino game
Put the dinosaur back together in the Dino Puzzle, or count dinosaurs in Which is More. Take turns or play on the big screen. Play the Dino Puzzle →
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10 min
Make tracks
Press toy dinosaur feet into play dough and guess who made which footprints. See the hands-on ideas →
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5 min
Share one fact
Each child finishes the sentence “Today I learned that dinosaurs…”. Send a dinosaur coloring page home for later. Print a dinosaur coloring page →
1-Hour Learning Pack
1-Hour Learning Pack
You’ll need: A screen, a printer, string or sidewalk chalk, a tape measure
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10 min
Meet three dinosaurs
Read three dinosaur fact cards out loud, vote for a favorite and tally the votes on the board. Dinosaur fact cards →
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15 min
Game time
Younger kids: Counting or Which is More. Older kids: Find the Changes or Word Scramble. Every game adjusts to the grade you pick. Browse all the games →
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15 min
Measure a T. rex
Mark out 40 feet with string or chalk. How many kids long is a T. rex? Estimate first, then check. How to run it →
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15 min
Printable practice
Hand out a dinosaur word search or maze, or pick a worksheet that matches what you are working on: counting, addition, phonics or spelling. Free dinosaur printables →
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5 min
Clap it out
Clap the syllables in dinosaur names: Tri-cer-a-tops! Steg-o-saur-us! Who has the longest name?
Half-Day Dinosaur Unit
Half-Day Dinosaur Unit
You’ll need: A dinosaur book, flour + salt, toy dinosaurs, string, a printer, a screen
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30 min
Reading
Read any dinosaur book from your shelf or library together, then play Reading or See the Word. Older kids write down three facts they heard. Reading games →
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30 min
Science
Go through the dinosaur fact cards, then sort toy dinosaurs: plant-eaters and meat-eaters, two legs and four legs, big and small. Dinosaur fact cards →
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20 min
Snack & stomp
Herbivore snack time (anything leafy or crunchy), then a dinosaur parade around the room or yard.
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40 min
Art
Make salt-dough fossils, then color a dinosaur page while they dry. Salt-dough fossil recipe →
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30 min
Math
Measure a T. rex outside, then settle back in with a math worksheet or two. Math worksheets →
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30 min
Free play
Kids choose their own games, or start a My Dinosaur Report about their favorite, while you catch your breath. Dinosaur report template →
Hands-On Dinosaur Activities
Simple creative activities using everyday supplies. No special kits, no laminating.
Salt-Dough Fossils
Grab: 1 cup flour, ½ cup salt, ½ cup water, toy dinosaurs, shells or leaves
Mix the dough, roll it into balls and flatten them. Press in a toy dinosaur foot, a shell or a leaf, then lift it out carefully. Let the fossils air-dry for a day or two, or bake them low and slow (250°F) until hard.
They’re learning: How real fossils form, and lots of fine-motor practice.
Frozen Dino Egg Rescue
Grab: Small toy dinosaurs, balloons or cups, water, salt, spoons, droppers
Freeze a toy dinosaur in water overnight (inside a balloon makes an egg shape). Peel off the balloon and let kids free the dinosaur with warm water, salt and spoons.
They’re learning: Melting and freezing, prediction (“what will work fastest?”) and patience.
Measure a T. rex
Grab: String or sidewalk chalk, a tape measure, open space
A T. rex grew up to about 40 feet long. Measure it out in a hallway, driveway or playground, then find out how many kids lying head-to-toe it takes to match it.
They’re learning: Measuring, estimating and comparing sizes.
Track Detectives
Grab: Toy dinosaurs, play dough or washable paint, paper
One child walks a toy dinosaur through play dough or paint while the others look away. Can the detectives work out which dinosaur made the tracks, and which way it was going?
They’re learning: Observing closely and making a good guess from evidence, just like scientists do with real trackways.
Sort the Dinosaurs
Grab: A pile of toy dinosaurs or dinosaur pictures
Sort the pile different ways: two legs or four, horns or no horns, plant-eater or meat-eater, smallest to biggest. Older kids can count each group and draw a bar graph.
They’re learning: Classifying, counting and early graphing.
Backyard Dino Dig
Grab: A sandbox or a bin of sand or rice, craft sticks or dry pasta “bones”, paintbrushes, spoons, string
Bury the bones, lay string across the top to make a grid, and dig slowly with spoons and brushes. Draw each find on a paper map of the grid before lifting it out.
They’re learning: How paleontologists really work: slowly, carefully and keeping records.
Meet the Dinosaurs
Quick dinosaur facts for kids, starring the Be a Dinosaur crew. Read them out loud, then try saying the names together.
Tyrannosaurus rex
tie-RAN-oh-SORE-us · “tyrant lizard king”
- Size
- Up to 40 feet long
- Lived
- 68–66 million years ago
Its biggest teeth were as long as a banana.
Triceratops
try-SAIR-uh-tops · “three-horned face”
- Size
- Up to 30 feet long
- Lived
- 68–66 million years ago
It lived at the same time and place as T. rex, and its skull could be over 7 feet long.
Stegosaurus
STEG-oh-SORE-us · “roof lizard”
- Size
- Up to 30 feet long
- Lived
- About 150 million years ago
Stegosaurus never met T. rex. More time separates those two than separates T. rex from us!
Brachiosaurus
BRAK-ee-oh-SORE-us · “arm lizard”
- Size
- About 70 feet long
- Lived
- About 150 million years ago
Its front legs were longer than its back legs, so it could reach leaves higher than a three-story building.
Ankylosaurus
an-KIE-loh-SORE-us · “fused lizard”
- Size
- Up to 26 feet long
- Lived
- 68–66 million years ago
It was covered in bony armor and swung a heavy club on the end of its tail.
Parasaurolophus
PAIR-uh-sore-OL-uh-fus · “near crested lizard”
- Size
- About 30 feet long
- Lived
- About 75 million years ago
The long crest on its head was hollow. Scientists think it worked like a trumpet.
Velociraptor
veh-LOSS-ih-RAP-tor · “swift thief”
- Size
- About 6 feet long
- Lived
- About 75 million years ago
The real one was only about as big as a turkey, and it had feathers.
Pachycephalosaurus
PAK-ee-SEF-uh-loh-SORE-us · “thick-headed lizard”
- Size
- About 15 feet long
- Lived
- 70–66 million years ago
The dome of bone on top of its head was up to 10 inches thick.
Surprise: not everyone in our crew is a dinosaur! Flying reptiles like Pteranodon and swimming reptiles like plesiosaurs lived at the same time, but scientists put them in their own groups. The dinosaurs’ closest living relatives? Birds.
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