🦴Dino Dig Sensory Setup
Age Range: Ideal for toddlers and preschoolers (2 – 5 years)
Objetive: Spark curiosity, promote patience, and develop fine motor skills through a sensory excavation experience
Introduce your toddler to the world of paleontology with this dinosaur fossil dig sensory setup. Using kinetic sand and realistic T-Rex bones, children practice delicate excavation while building patience, fine motor skills, and a love for discovery.
Ice Block Toy Rescue Sensory Challenge
🧩 Theme: Mini Archaeologists & Dinosaur Fossil Hunt
👶 Age: 2 – 5 years
🎯 Goal: Promote problem-solving skills, sensory exploration, and persistence as children work to free the trapped toys from the ice using different tools and strategies.
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♬ At Jurassic World’s End Credits / Suite – Michael Giacchino
🧰 Materials Used:
– Sensory play table by Twinkle Little Toes
🟫Brown kinetic sand – to simulate an excavation site
🦴Plastic T-Rex fossil bones – hidden within the sand
🖌️Small wooden brushes – for careful, detailed digging
✋Wooden or plastic tweezers – to gently extract the bones
🔍 Optional: Magnifying glass and sorting bowls – to examine and organize the fossils
🧠 What Does This Activity Develop?:
– Fine motor skills: brushing and lifting with tweezers
– Problem-solving: figuring out how to release the toys
– Patience and perseverance: learning to wait and work through the process
– Sensory exploration: textured materials
– Early STEM play through archaeology and discovery
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