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From the lens Dinosaurs for Kids.

It would be great to put your children's dinosaur drawings up here and anything else you've done as a family around the Dinosaur Discovery theme. Take some photos, let me know and I'll upload them. You can see the pictures George, Sandy and Jaime drew just above. William and Catherine would love to see your drawings so please send them to me...


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  • earthybirthymama Feb 6, 2012 @ 8:47 am | delete
    Nice Lense, what a great resource. I'll be checking out your homeschool blog.

    Cheers
    Grace
  • Dezzy Jan 29, 2012 @ 2:34 pm | delete
    Nice technique on the dragonfly! where do I buy the acetate? and what type of acetate is it--can you give a brand name? thanx
  • LearningIsFun Jan 30, 2012 @ 5:12 am | delete
    Hi Dezzy,
    I bought my acetate sheet in a craft shop. You don't want the really flimsy OHP stuff, it needs to be a sheet of reasonable thickness that will keep its shape. There was no brand name obvious but there were lots of sheets like it there! I used gel pens to mark the wing patterns, blue card for the body, black card for the legs and added some holographic paper for body markings and the eyes. You could use the same technique to make lots of fun creatures. There are many more craft ideas on my website. I really enjoyed making it; hope you do too. Best wishes, Sonya
  • ladykida Dec 17, 2011 @ 6:42 pm | delete
    Where would we be today without dinosaurs? Awesome job with the lens!
  • LearningIsFun Dec 18, 2011 @ 10:48 am | delete
    Thanks ladykida. My free January homeschool newsletter is all about Dinosaurs and you can find ideas for fun activities including a virtual dinosaur dig, dinosaur games and facts from the new Planet Dinosaur series. Subscribe for free here:
    http://www.homeschool-activities.com/homeschool-newsletter.html
    or click on my homeschool blog above and you'll get there!
    Best wishes
    Sonya
  • GrammaLinda Jun 18, 2011 @ 2:43 am | delete
    This looks like a fun project to do with the grandkids. Thanks!
  • dannystaple Oct 13, 2010 @ 3:13 pm | delete
    Wow - some great ideas here. While my Helena will be going to a conventional school here, I'll certainly be building robot dinosaurs from scrap with her (and robot other stuff too). This will be great fun, as I know schools tend to flatten history into a real "Chalk and talk" bore.
  • Juliet Adams Sep 30, 2010 @ 5:34 am | delete
    Well done to all of you, I've really enjoyed this site. Hope to see you at the museum or the Cardiff group one day,
    Keep up the good work! Juliet
  • FunMoneyBusiness Sep 9, 2010 @ 4:55 pm | delete
    Wow! What a great dinosaur lens - well done for putting such a great lens together! My favorite dinosaur is Spike The Ultimate Dinosaur! :)
  • LeanneChesser Feb 12, 2010 @ 5:12 pm | delete
    I love the dinosaur creations that your kids made. This is a really great lens. Blessed!
  • LotusPetalYoga Jan 28, 2010 @ 4:44 pm | delete
    Im back to this page again to say that I have added it to my newest page - a few of my favorite things. Thanks!
  • Kim B-B Jan 18, 2010 @ 2:16 pm | delete
    Nice to see your dinosaur pictures, William. Love from Kim.
  • Wendy K Dec 11, 2009 @ 12:32 pm | delete
    Huge WOW from myself and my children!!! We loved all the posters, paintings and models - absolutely superb! An excellent lens - well set out with great ideas and references. A real inspiration!
  • claireheg Nov 30, 2009 @ 8:08 am | delete
    What a fantastic project! It's full of ideas and very inspiring. I love the drawings and the junk dinosaurs. I am really inspired. Thanks!
  • Joanna Ruth Nov 30, 2009 @ 7:29 am | delete
    Fabulous! I'm so impressed.
  • Christene Nov 24, 2009 @ 6:01 pm | delete
    Blessed by a SquidAngel
  • Alison McConchie Nov 24, 2009 @ 11:38 am | delete
    Wow! This is an amazingly helpful and fun resource. I will use this guide with my own kids. Thanks so much!
  • Tipi Nov 23, 2009 @ 9:28 am | delete
    Thank you for posting a link to this lens for a Squid Angel blessing! I enjoyed every bit of this educational and well designed lens. What a fun place to visit and learn. Blessed!!!
    I love it,
    Susie
  • Ener-G Nov 21, 2009 @ 4:58 pm | delete
    Very cool lens!
  • KimGiancaterino Nov 20, 2009 @ 2:25 am | delete
    Ah, papier! I knew that didn't look right. :)
  • KimGiancaterino Nov 19, 2009 @ 10:21 pm | delete
    What a beautiful lens! My second grade class made a 12-foot-long paper mache stegosaurus. It was a great way to learn more about dinosaurs. Blessed by a Squid Angel.
  • Caroline Schroder Nov 18, 2009 @ 8:14 am | delete
    What a great page - full of all sorts of interesting ideas and reference information. The creativity and enthusiasm is self-evident which is very contagious! I've forwarded the link to Louis' school - I'm sure the whole class would enjoy this too!
  • Flynn_the_Cat Nov 17, 2009 @ 6:09 pm | delete
    A great page! Angel blessed :D
  • LotusPetalYoga Nov 16, 2009 @ 12:35 pm | delete
    wow GREAT lens! I love the photos too. thanks for finding my lens and telling me about this one. Ill lensroll this one to my really weird extinct animals page. At some point Ill be making one on Dino's myself and let you know.
  • Rossana Nov 16, 2009 @ 9:01 am | delete
    Wow, what an inspiring lens. It is beautiful, informative, fun, and, as clearly shown the whole family can take part on it, what else you can ask for? My boys (8 and 11) were very interested in reading it and already asked to do some of the projects.
  • science_fiction_novels_cyberpunk Nov 15, 2009 @ 9:28 am | delete
    Awesome lens, made to stimulate curiosity in children. Impressing pictures, many good ideas to make them play with. 5 stars
  • Sarah Makepeace-Brown Nov 15, 2009 @ 5:19 am | delete
    > What an amazing site...lots of effort to get this up and do / make all the things as well. Specially liked your and Catherines dragonfly and I have to say that all the dino robots looked amazing. What an arty family! Should be a fantastic resource for lots of people.
  • Erica Worth Nov 12, 2009 @ 5:28 pm | delete
    The care and effort that has gone into this is evident throughout. It's inspirational, creative, fun and offers paths to explore an amazing time in Earth's history. The variety of the artwork (with contributions from the whole family) is impressive - I especially like the Terror-Saw. The simple clothes peg is possibly the most evocative household item in the Dino-Bot pack.
  • Jaqui Allen-Collinson Nov 12, 2009 @ 12:26 pm | delete
    This is a wonderful lens, well-structured and beautifully illustrated - well done to the Team! A great deal of research and thought has clearly gone into its creation. It is not only informative, providing useful links to all sorts of other sites, but it's great fun as well! I hope it inspires the same enthusiasm as has clearly been devoted to creating it.
  • Homeschooling-ideas Nov 12, 2009 @ 11:01 am | delete
    Wow! Great Lens. I love the different ideas you have come up with for this. Bet the children had fun!
    Well done - you have done a fantastic job on this.
  • JoyfulPamela Nov 12, 2009 @ 10:46 am | delete
    What a fantastic lesson plan! I love all the notebook and hands-on materials! Thanks for joining the Lesson Plans group!
  • The_Party_Animal Nov 11, 2009 @ 7:32 pm | delete
    WoW - This is amazing and what I love the most - the personal touches - the artwork and all the cool Dinosaurs that were created - I love that!!! What a great lens!!! You have been Blessed by The Party Animal. Party On....
  • LearningIsFun Nov 11, 2009 @ 5:34 am | delete
    Hi Kate
    If your neice does get inspired to have a go please do send me a photo of her drawings and I'll put it up here.
    Thanks for the blessing.[in reply to Kate-Phizackerley]
  • Kate-Phizackerley Nov 10, 2009 @ 2:27 pm | delete
    Great lens. Blessed.
  • Harry Iles Nov 9, 2009 @ 1:05 pm | delete
    The enthusiasm of the whole family is shown through the lively and colourful artwork. You can also see how much learning and thought - and fun has gone into the project! I am sure it will inspire many others to have a go.
  • luvmyludwig Nov 9, 2009 @ 6:32 am | delete
    This is very well done and beautiful. I'm featuring it on my dinosaur fun and learning lens.
    I can't believe this is your first lens!!!
    Also you are ***Blessed by a Squidoo Angel/Greeter***
  • Nov 9, 2009 @ 5:23 am | delete
    This is a quality lens, you did a really great job making this a creative and hands-on unit. Our family are just about to embark on our study of the protozoic era, and under that segment we will be studying microscopic life (with the introduction of the microscope!). When we finally make it to the Mesozoic Era we will deffinitely be utilizing your lens--the dino-robots look like so much fun to do! And you should be proud of the ones your kids made, they look super! Thank so much for first-rate lens!
  • Evelyn_Saenz Nov 9, 2009 @ 4:53 am | delete
    Some people may think that this lens is too long but as someone who looks for helpful ideas for creating unit studies, I love having so many creative suggestions all in one place.

    Thank you for sharing your Dinosaur Unit Study.
  • Ramkitten Nov 8, 2009 @ 6:48 pm | delete
    Wow, great job! And this is your first lens, too! I'm very impressed. Your kids are definitely being well educated.
  • eclecticeducation Nov 8, 2009 @ 6:37 pm | delete
    Welcome to Squidoo! Great lens you have here. I'm always happy to see other homeschooling moms here. :)
  • theraggededge Nov 8, 2009 @ 6:06 pm | delete
    Fantastic! We'd love it if you would add it to Lesson Plans.
  • pkmcr Nov 8, 2009 @ 2:01 pm | delete
    You have clearly put an immense amount of effort into this lens and it is very well presented. You could probably make several lenses from the material here :-)

    Blessed by a Squid Angel
  • Evelyn_Saenz Nov 8, 2009 @ 12:16 pm | delete
    Wonderfully creative unit study on dinosaurs. Your children are certainly learning a lot.

    Thank you for joining the Unit Studies: Fun, Creative Hands-On Leaning Group.

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