Stone Soup

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Materials

Stone Soup, any version

Cutting boards

Knives (both table and sharp)

Large pot and ladle

Clean river stone

Can opener

Stove

Serving bowls

Spoons

Crackers

Instructions

1. Cut out shapes, such as triangles, squares, rectangles, octagons, and so on
from construction paper.
2. Give each child a large piece of construction paper. Encourage the children to
use the cutout shapes to create their own dinosaurs.
3. Help the children glue the "Shape-o-saurus" onto the paper.
4. Encourage the children to draw a background using crayons or markers.
More to do
Show the children pictures of various dinosaurs to give them an idea of how to
create their own dinosaur. Be sure to include the flying and swimming dinosaurs.

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