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Whose Foot is it?
(part of Discovering Dinosaurs Unit)

Making dinosaur tracks with play dough

Your child will experiment making foot prints in play dough and observing the results.  This activity helps develop your child's fine motor skills while he is manipulating the play dough.



Preparation for Activity

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Materials:
toy dinosaurs
play dough (store bought or homemade)


  1. Gather dinosaurs with different shaped feet.
  2. Make the play dough or buy play dough.

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Who Foot is it?


Materials:
play dough
assorted toy dinosaurs with different shaped feet

  1. On a table place an assortment of dinosaurs and play dough.
  2. You can model the activity by flattening some play dough to make a path.
  3. Then have a dinosaur "walk" over the play dough making a track.  You can do this when you are setting everything up so your child doesn't see the dinosaur you are using.
  4. Ask your child to find which dinosaur out of the ones you have selected, made the path.
  5. Let your child continue to do this as long as he is interested in observing what happens.
  6. He can make the paths himself. 

This activity can be done repeatedly.  Young children gain knowledge and understanding by repeating an activity.

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Think About It!

Some questions that might be asked:

  1. What dinosaur do you think made this track?
  2. How did you figure it out?
  3. Did you look at the toes?
  4. Was it the shape of the foot?
  5. What clues did you use? Let him explain his reasoning.

September 12, 2008

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