Dinosaur Egg Letters Match for Preschoolers
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This FREE, hands-on Dinosaur Egg Letters Match activity will help your preschoolers work on letter recognition and matching uppercase and lowercase letters. It is also great for helping them develop their concentration, visual discrimination, letter knowledge, one-to-one correspondence, set creation, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills.
The Dinosaur Egg Letters Match activity includes all the letters of the alphabet. You can download it at the end of this post.
Dinosaur Egg Letters Match
This activity can be used in different areas and ways, such as:
- Small group activity.
- Writing center option.
- Reading area option.
- Take-home game and Quiet area option.
As with most of my printables, you only need a handful of materials to assemble it. These are:
- Dinosaur Egg Letters Match activity (found at the end of this post).
- Printer.
- White cardstock.
- Scissors.
- Laminator.
- Laminator sheets.
- Small basket or Ziploc bag.
Optional: Manila folder and glue.
To prepare for the activity, fill out the form below to download and print out the free printable. Print each page on white cardstock, then cut out the eggs and divide them by cutting along the dotted lines on each one. Laminate all the parts to make them last longer. To protect them, place them in a small basket or a Ziploc bag.
How To Use Activity
This activity can be played individually or with a partner. Children must select one egg half, identify the letter on it, find the matching half, and put them together to form the egg.
If your kids are starting to learn letter names, let them begin with just a few. Then, you can add two or three more letters every time they play.
When your kiddos know all the letter names, have them say each letter’s sound as they match the eggs’ halves.
Other Ideas
- To give the children another activity option, you can have them match the letter with magnetic, wooden, or foam letters.
- They can find words that start with all or some of the letters and match them with the appropriate egg.
- You can combine this activity with my Dinosaurs Counting Mats, which are also free.
Books About Dinosaurs
Below are some books about dinosaurs. You can find all of these books at your local library, at a used book store, and on Amazon. If you want to go to a specific book’s page on Amazon, just click the title, and my affiliate link will take you there in seconds.
- How to Catch a Dinosaur by Adam Wallace is a picture book that blends STEAM concepts with hilarity and clever chaos.
- KC and the Dinosaurs Who Built a Red Barn by Nicole McKinney is the story of a T. rex named Big T, who decides to start a chicken farm instead of hunting, leading to wild, silly, and unforgettable events.
- How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends? by Jane Jolen is a brilliantly illustrated book packed with rhymes, laugh-aloud illustrations, and playful text, showing children that “playing nice” can be easy and fun.
- Oh Say Can You Say Di-no-saur? by Bonnie Worth is part of the The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library series and combines beloved characters, engaging rhymes, and Seussian illustrations to introduce children to real-world non-fiction topics!
- Dinos Love Donuts by Ben Okon is packed with song-like rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, and vocabulary, perfect for developing phonological awareness, making predictions, comparing, and contracting.
- Have You Seen My Dinosaur? Jon Surgal’s is a fun, funny, early-reader series that motivates children to read independently through simple words and cheerful illustrations that provide clues to meaning.
- How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? by Jane Yolen is a funny book that teaches that no matter what children do, they are always loved.
- Dinosaur, Dinosaur, Show Me How to Roar by Barbara Pinke is a beautifully illustrated, cartoon-style picture book that transforms story time into an interactive experience, inviting children to roar like dinosaurs, stomp their feet, and bring the prehistoric world to life!
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I hope this Dinosaur Egg Letters Match activity will help and entertain your kiddos and make your lesson planning a little easier. Don’t forget to get your FREE printable! Click the button below to download and start using it.
Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.
Love,
P.S. Please let me know if this activity works for you. If you would like to see an article or a printable on how to make something specific, please let me know, and I will try my best to create it for you.
