Morning Tubs – Dinosaurs

Do you need Dinosaur Morning Tubs for your preschool or kindergarten class? Morning tubs are often used as students are coming in and settling in for the day. They engage kids while attendance is being taken, homework folders are being opened and checked, and those types of daily tasks. Morning tubs are great for a couple of reasons.

1. Building Independence: Kids are able to work on their own or in small groups at their table to use their bin(s). It encourages them to self-start and learn/play on their own.
2. Socialization: Morning tubs give kids a chance to work together in small groups. They get to share pieces, solve problems together, and even just talk, play, and learn for a few minutes with a couple of their tablemates.
3. Creativity and Play: Creativity is something we can build and increase by spending time working on it. Morning tubs are a perfect way to introduce a little more play and freedom into learning rather than traditional worksheets or morning work that kept kids busy but did not encourage creativity and play.

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• Snap Cubes
• Pom Poms
• Clear Bingo Markers
• Dinosaur Erasers

• Playdough
• Magnet Letters
• Dinosaur Counters
• Shape Buttons

Dinosaur Food

The dinosaurs are hungry and looking for letter. Help fill their bellies by feeding them the correct letters.

Dinosaur 10 Frames

Fill the 10 frame with the correct number of dinosaurs or pom poms to match the target number shown.

Dinosaur Graphing

How many dinosaurs do you see? Count each color and place the correct number of blocks or pom poms on the graph.

Dough Dinosaurs

This is a super fun activity to work on fine motor skills. Roll out the playdough to create each dinosaur shown.

Dinosaur Egg Colors

Grab those tweezers or tongs and turn this activity into fine motor fun. Pick up the correct colors of pom poms and place the “eggs” in the nest. You can also use a spoon.

Dinosaur Shape Prints

I spy a heart! Can you use buttons or playdough stamps to make the shape the dinosaur is showing?

Which Is Heavier

Heavy or light? Place a small manipulative on the object you think is heavier.
Try using real objects as well to compare heavy and light.

Dinosaur Letters

Match the upper and lowercase cards and then use small manipulatives or roll out playdough to make the shape of each letter.