Work with dimes and dollars during this time. Fossil Fun Give each child a portion of playdough and ask them to flatten it onto a sheet of waxed paper. Then press a plastic dinosaur into the playdough. Observe the print that was made. Dinosaur Hunt Sterilize some chicken bones by boiling them and then bury them in some sand.
Archaeologists Read about and discuss who archaelogists are and what they do.
Some of the books at the bottom of this page will help you. Then give each child a chocolate chip cookie and a toothpick. They are to carefully remove the chocolate chips with the toothpick without breaking the cookie. This shows them how careful the archaelogists are in removing fossils. Duck Walk Show the children how to walk like a duck, squatting down with hands on hips.