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Dinosaur theme for 2 year olds: a week of activities

A dinosaur theme lesson plan for 2 year olds: what a day looks like, then the week's circle time (about five minutes, standing up for the song), books, craft, song, snack, letter and outside time, each with what changes at this age.

Plan this week for 2 year oldsThe whole dinosaur week

A day of the dinosaur theme with 2 year olds

  1. Arrival, hands washed, free play.
  2. Circle (about five minutes): hello song, then “Were dinosaurs bigger or smaller than our room?” and sing “hickory dickory dock”.
  3. Craft with a grown-up pouring and cutting: dinosaur footprints.
  4. Snack: Ants on a Log.
  5. Outside: dinosaur dig.
  6. Read Mop Can Hop, the same book again tomorrow.
  7. Rest, then color the letter D picture page.

Dinosaur circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “Were dinosaurs bigger or smaller than our room?”
  4. Sing: Hickory Dickory Dock.
  5. Read: Big Egg (read aloud).

Twos: about five minutes; stand up for the song.

Dinosaur theme books

  • Big Egg (read aloud, level 4): A very big egg, for the hatching talk.
  • Mop Can Hop (level 3, free on peabody.kids): Hopping and stomping in the mud, like a dinosaur.
  • Jump, Jump, Jump! (level 2, free on peabody.kids): Big jumps for big feet.
  • Look at the Big Pig (read aloud, level 4): Big and little, the dinosaur question in a pattern book.

Dinosaur craft: Dinosaur footprints

You need (4): large paper, a sponge cut in a three-toe shape (grown-up), washable paint, wipes.

  1. Dip the sponge in paint.
  2. Stomp the footprints across the paper.
  3. Count how many steps your dinosaur took.

With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.

Twos: a grown-up pours the paint and holds the glue.

Dinosaur song: Hickory Dickory Dock

The words

Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock.

Traditional; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.

Dinosaur snack

Ants on a Log from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Swap: Peanut butter → sunflower seed butter.

Letter D activities

DdD is for dinosaur. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

Twos: the picture page only; color it and say the word.

Outside activity: Dinosaur dig

Bury big blocks or toy bones in the sandbox; dig them up with spoons like scientists.

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Checked 2026-10-30