Welcome to Dino Week at the Curiosity Club Summer Camp! If your curious kid loves giant teeth, stompy feet, and long tails, they’re in for a wild ride through the Mesozoic Era. This week, we’re learning all about dinosaurs, fossils, and what it takes to be a real-life paleontologist!
🧠 Did You Know?
- The Stegosaurus had a brain the size of a hotdog… but a body the size of a bus!
- Dinosaurs lived on every continent—even Antarctica!
- Fossils aren’t just bones—some are dinosaur footprints, poop (yep, coprolites!), and even skin impressions.
🔬 Try This at Home: DIY Fossil Dig
Make your own fossil dig at home using toy dinos and kinetic sand or homemade dough!
🧂 Ingredients: Flour, salt, water, small dino toys
🧑🔬 Directions: Hide the toys in your mixture, let it harden, and give your kids brushes and tools to excavate like real paleontologists.
🎨 Craft Corner: Dino Footprint Stamps
Cut dino-shaped feet from sponges and let your kids dip them in paint to create tracks across a long sheet of paper. What kind of dino made them? Can you invent a new one?
💬 Dino Talk Prompt:
If you had a pet dinosaur, what would you name it and what would you feed it?
👪 Parent Tip:
Make it interactive! Watch a short video about how fossils form, then let your kids pretend to dig up their own. Use questions like “What clues do you think this fossil gives us about how the dinosaur lived?”