Frozen Dinosaur Eggs

I suppose this project might be a good one for the middle of summer, when the weather outside is hot and it would feel great to play with a chunk of ice, it really can be fun any time of year. This is especially true if you are studying dinosaurs. All you need to make your own eggs, other than plastic dinosaurs, are water balloons and water. If you want to add a little pizzazz to your dinosaur eggs, squeeze in a few drops of food coloring before you tie the balloon.

Once the water in the balloons is frozen, carefully remove the balloon from around the ice. You can then experiment with the dinosaur eggs — you can watch them melt and see how long it takes, or you can use a hammer to smash it open!

This Dinosaur activity would be a great party game or party activity for a Dinosaur party.

Learn how to make your own Frozen Dinosaur Eggs.

I did a post earlier this year with activities and ideas for teaching the alphabet, but a lot or learning letters and recognizing them just has to do with seeing them and working with them a lot.

That means coloring, tracing, identifying things that start with different letters and more.

One way to reinforce the letters is through little activity books like these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs.

These are available for free when you subscribe to her newsletter, and I’d say that’s well worth it if you have a little one (or a group of little ones!) working on the alphabet and letter recognition.

Each mini book includes a collection of things that start with that letter to color, color and read with words that start with the letter, tracing the letter, finding the letter in a grid and other coloring pages with objects that start with that letter.

These little books are super useful reinforcing the different letters and giving kids different activities related to the letters.

If you do a letter of the day or letter of the week you can use a new book for each one, and then keep the copies in your reading center or in a basket where kids can look at them again.

And of course you can add in all the other letter activities you like, go on a scavenger hunt for items that start with that letter, read alphabet books, practice writing letters in rice or with pompoms or playdough or whatever sensory activities you like.

You can grab the free printables when you enter you email address at Life Over Cs, and check out her other great alphabet resources and activities while you are over there.

Do you have favorite activities for teaching letters to kids? I’d love to hear about them!

[Photo: Life Over Cs]

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