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16 creative dinosaur play worlds for small world play and sensory exploration that inspires playful learning in preschool.

Sensory bins and small world play are a favorite free choice play option in early childhood. Besides being a lot of fun, they also provide many great learning opportunities. In many of the sensory posts on this site I list additional ideas for learning activities to go along with each sensory bin. There are so many possibilities!

If you’ve got little dinosaur lovers and you’re looking for dinosaur activities, here you’ll find tons of creative ideas for putting together your own dinosaur small worlds and sensory bins for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Dinosaur Play Worlds
FIND EVEN MORE DINOSAUR THEME ACTIVITIES IN OUR PRINTABLE LESSON PLANS
FOR HOME PRESCHOOL AND PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS.

Dinosaur Play Worlds

This dinosaur sensory bin small world with different sensory elements was a huge hit with my kids. They especially loved the little dinosaur eggs.

Check out these amazing dinosaur activities, too.

Dinosaur Small Worlds

This Dinosaur Activity Bin is a combination of water play, sensory, and small world all in one fun activity for kids.

This fun Dinosaurs and Sticky Mud activity is a great messy play option to learn about dinosaurs.

This Jell-O and Oatmeal Dinosaur Sensory Bin is a great option for a quick and easy sensory bin activity.

If your kids love dinosaurs, they’ll love this easy No Sew Dinosaur Small World playmat activity.

Dinosaur Play Worlds for Kids

Your kids will love uncovering fossils and bones with this Dinosaur Bones Sensory Bin activity.

This Erupting Dinosaur Sensory Play is perfect for kids of all ages.

Decorate your own colorful dinosaur eggs with this imaginative Digging for Dinosaur Eggs painted rocks activity.

This Dinosaur Eggs with Dirt Dough is a fun and easy activity your kids are sure to love.

Dinosaur Sensory Play Small Worlds

This fun Fossil Excavation Bin with Edible Dirt is so easy to put together and it’s taste safe!

This Dinosaur small world in a suitcase is a fun handmade gift idea that would work well for small worlds on the go.

This Dinosaur Small World is a fun and interactive sensory play activity.

Your kids will love playing with their dinosaur action figures in this Small World Play Dinosaur Land.

Dinosaur Play Worlds

Have fun playing in a dinosaur swamp with this Dinosaur Small World activity.

This Dinosaur Activity Sensory Play Small World Is a fun hands-on learning activity that is the perfect small world activity for little learners.

This Fun Dinosaur Small World Play Activity is a great small world activity to do outside.

MORE DINOSAUR FUN WITH PRINTABLE DINOSAUR THEME LESSON PLANS

Save time and get right to the playful learning with our printable lesson plan sets. Each set includes over 30 playful learning activities related to the theme, and we’ve provided different versions for home preschool families and classroom teachers so all activities are geared directly toward your needs.

The full Dinosaur Theme Lesson Plan Pack also includes:

1) Dinosaur Cards for sorting by color, making patterns and more
2) Counting Dinosaur Eggs Activity (1-10) in color and B/W
3) Count the Dinosaurs Emergent Reade (3 variations)
4) Dinosaur Roll and Graph Game in color and B/W
5) Dinosaur Skeleton Activity Mats
6) Dinosaur Word Cards
7) Beginning Sound Dinosaur Sort (D, I, N, O)
8) Dinosaur Number Cards (0-35) in color and B/W
9) Alphabet Train Dinosaur Matching Upper and Lowercase Letters
10) Rhyming Dinosaur Eggs

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  3. Jackie

    Such a terrific round up, Shaunna! Thanks for featuring our bin! I can’t wait to do some of these activiities with the hooligans!

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    • Shaunna

      I adore your bin! I was so glad to feature it here. And I agree with you, I can’t wait to try some of the different variations with my kids.

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    • Shaunna

      That’s a great idea! Sensory bins can be very engaging. I hope your preschooler enjoys using some of these ideas.

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    • Shaunna

      You are very welcome, Renae. Thank you for pinning this post…it’s a great compliment! It looks like you do a lot of terrific activities with your kiddos. Thank you for sharing your site.

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  9. Valerie

    So many great bins! Hmpf. Wish I would have seen some of these before our Dinosaur Week! I guess there’s always next year… 🙂

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    • Shaunna

      Aren’t they terrific, Valerie? I’m sure your little one wouldn’t mind revisiting the theme again. 😉

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    • Shaunna

      Thanks, Sam! I can’t wait to see what kind of dinosaur world you put together. Amazing and fun for your little one, I’m sure!

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  11. Anna - The Measured Mom

    Hi Shaunna!

    Next week I will be reviewing an e-book about dinosaurs. I would like to add some ideas for dinosaur learning at the end. Is it okay if I use your picture and link to this post? If you don’t want me to use the picture I can just link to the post via text.

    Anna

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    • Shaunna

      Hi, Anna! I’d love for you to include this post and image as a resource. Thanks for checking with me. I hope your readers find it helpful, and I look forward to seeing your review.

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  13. Stephanie

    What a great roundup of dinosaur activities! Thanks so much for including our sensory play and language post. Hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day!

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    • Shaunna

      Thanks, Stephanie! I was happy to include your great resources! My Mother’s Day was terrific, and I hope yours was, too!

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