Dinosaur theme preschool math and literacy activities for your preschool and pre-K dinosaur unit! Are you looking for fun and engaging math and literacy activities? Get exactly what you need for your students with differentiated activities for young learners, special education and the preschool year, along with activities like rhyming and graphing for a challenge.

This Dinosaur Theme Pre-K set is packed with hands-on centers, from dinosaur BINGO and graphing games to tracing cards, clip cards, counting puzzles and a pretend play set. Children count, sort, match letters, hear beginning sounds and rhyme, all with a dinosaur theme that keeps them roaring for more. A ten-frame is a simple grid of ten boxes that helps children see and count numbers.

With this dinosaur math and literacy set, you get

• A class set of dinosaur BINGO plus graphing dice and spinner games
• Counting practice to 3, 5 and 10 with ten-frames, arrays and puzzles
• Tracing cards for uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers and shapes
• Beginning sounds, rhyming and uppercase/lowercase letter matching
• Sorting, AB patterns, shapes and "What does not belong?" thinking practice

Print, laminate and your dinosaur centers are ready to go.

What's Included

• Class Set of BINGO
• 2 Graphing Dice Games
• 2 Spinner Graphing Games
• 2 Roll and Count Mats
• 4 Sets of Tracing Cards (uppercase, lowercase, number, shape)
• 2 Sets of Sorting Activities (shapes and numbers 1-10)
• 2 Sets of Number Mats (empty ten-frame, filled ten-frame)
• Beginning Sound Match Up
• Pretend Play Set
• 5 Sets of Clip Cards (color, matching, array, ten-frame, shape)
• Size Clip Cards (large, small)
• 3 Sets of Counting to 10 Puzzles (number, ten-frame, matching)
• 6 Matching Games (number, picture, shape, ten-frame, alphabet, rhyme)
• 3 Spin & Cover Games (1-5, shape, picture)
• Line-Up Puzzles for Counting to 3, 5 and 10
• Missing Number Cards
• Tic-Tac-Toe
• Trace, Write & Draw the Room
• 3 Levels of AB Patterns
• Line Tracing Cards
• Shape Play Dough Mats
• Visual Discernment Clip Cards
• Ten-Frame Cards

Why Teachers Love It

• A full dinosaur unit in one set: 35+ math and literacy activities give you something new for every day of your dinosaur theme.
• Math and literacy together: Counting, graphing, shapes and patterns sit right alongside letters, beginning sounds and rhyming.
• Differentiated from the start: Counting to 3, 5 and 10, empty and filled ten-frames and three levels of AB patterns make it easy to match each child's level.
• Hands-on and playful: Clip cards, play dough mats, dice, spinners and a pretend play set keep little hands busy.
• Kids get moving: Trace, Write & Draw the Room has children hunting for dinosaur words around the classroom.
• Whole-group fun: The class set of BINGO is ready for your whole class to play together.

Skills Students Practice

Primary Academic Skills

• Counting: Children count to 3, 5 and 10 with puzzles, roll and count mats and spin and cover games.
• Ten-frames and arrays: Number mats, clip cards and puzzles show numbers in ten-frames and arrays (objects lined up in rows).
• Number identification and writing: Number tracing cards, missing number cards and number sorts build number knowledge.
• Color identification and matching: Color clip cards and matching games help children find what is the same.
• 2D shapes: Shape sorting, shape clip cards, shape tracing cards and shape play dough mats build shape knowledge.
• Sorting and graphing: Children sort by shape and number and collect data with dice and spinner graphing games.
• Patterns: Three levels of AB patterns help children copy, continue and create patterns.
• Alphabet recognition: Children trace and match uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Beginning sounds and rhyming: The beginning sound match up and rhyme matching game help children hear the sounds in words.
• Critical thinking: Visual discernment clip cards ask "What does not belong?"
• Fine motor and pre-writing: Line tracing cards, clip cards and play dough mats build hand strength and control.

Secondary Life & Learning Skills

• Taking turns
• Waiting during group play
• Following directions
• Listening to classmates
• Using mathematical language
• Working independently

How to Use It

Step 1: Choose the dinosaur centers you want for the week. Print them and laminate the mats, cards and puzzles for durability.

Step 2: Introduce each activity in a small group, then move it into your math or literacy centers. Use the counting to 3 or 5 activities with children who are just starting and the counting to 10 activities for more practice.

Step 3: Rotate in new centers through your dinosaur unit. Bring out the class set of BINGO for a whole-group game and set up the pretend play set for dramatic play.

Easy Differentiation

Preschoolers come to a dinosaur unit with a wide range of skills. These activities are easy to adjust for each child.

For Children Who Need More Support

• Start with the 1-5 spin and cover game and the line-up puzzles to 5
• Use the filled ten-frame number mats and count together, touching each space
• Begin with the first level of the AB patterns
• Use fewer letter pairs in the alphabet matching game

For On-Level Practice

• Work through the counting to 10 puzzles and ten-frame clip cards
• Copy and continue AB patterns at the middle level
• Play the graphing games and spin and cover games with a partner
• Match uppercase and lowercase letters and trace them on the tracing cards

For an Extra Challenge

• Create new AB patterns at the top level
• Use the empty ten-frame number mats
• Play the rhyme matching game and the beginning sound match up
• Tell which group on the graph has more and which has fewer

For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support

• Name each dinosaur picture together to build vocabulary
• Practice target sounds with the beginning sound match up and rhyme matching game
• Use the tracing cards, play dough mats and clip cards for fine motor work
• Use the pretend play set for language and social practice
• Give extra processing time and offer one center at a time

Perfect For

• Preschool and pre-K classrooms
• Dinosaur theme units
• Math and literacy centers
• Small groups
• Special education classrooms
• Homeschool
• Early finishers
• Whole-group BINGO

Standards

These dinosaur centers support the 2022 Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines and Virginia's Early Learning and Development Standards (2021), and they build toward kindergarten skills in Common Core, the TEKS and the Virginia SOL (Math 2023, English 2024):

Common Core State Standards

• CCSS K.CC.B.4.a: Say number names in order while pairing each object with one number.
• CCSS K.MD.B.3: Classify objects into categories and count how many are in each, as in the sorting and graphing activities.
• CCSS K.G.A.2: Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientation or size.
• CCSS RF.K.1.d: Recognize and name uppercase and lowercase letters.
• CCSS RF.K.2.a: Recognize and produce rhyming words.

Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines

• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.A.2: Count up to 10 objects, touching one object for each number, while filling ten-frames and number mats.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.A.5: Recognize numerals 0-10 on counting puzzles, line-up puzzles and missing number cards.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.C.1: Name and describe common 2D shapes with shape clip cards, sorting and play dough mats.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.E.1: Sort objects that are the same and different, such as dinosaur pictures sorted by shape or number.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.E.2: Collect data and organize it in a graph with the dice and spinner graphing games.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.E.3: Recognize, copy, extend and create patterns with the AB pattern activities.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.III.B.6: Identify rhyming words while playing the rhyme matching game.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.III.C.1: Recognize and name letters while matching uppercase and lowercase pairs.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.III.C.2: Recognize letter-sound correspondences with the beginning sound match up.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.IX.B.2: Show growing control in tasks that need eye-hand coordination, such as following tracing card paths.

Texas TEKS

• TEKS Math K.2.C: Count a set of objects and show that the last number said tells how many.
• TEKS ELAR K.2.A.i: Identify and produce rhyming words.

Virginia Early Learning and Development Standards

• Virginia ELDS CD3.1: Count and recognize quantities with number mats, ten-frame cards and line-up puzzles.
• Virginia ELDS CD3.4: Sort, classify and pattern with dinosaur sorting and pattern activities.
• Virginia ELDS CD3.5: Describe and compare objects by size with the large and small size clip cards.
• Virginia ELDS CLLD2.3: Notice that spoken words are made of smaller sounds, including beginning sounds and rhyming parts.
• Virginia ELDS CLLD2.4: Learn how letters work by matching uppercase and lowercase letters.

Virginia SOL

• VA SOL Math K.NS.2.a: Read, write and identify numerals on the number mats and tracing cards.
• VA SOL Math K.PS.1.a: Sort and classify objects by one attribute, such as shape.
• VA SOL Math K.PFA.1.b: Extend a repeating pattern by adding at least two more repetitions of the core.
• VA SOL English K.FFR.3.A: Identify capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

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