Last year, I told you about Figures in Motion: Famous Figures of Ancient Times and this year I was given the opportunity to review the latest Figures in Motion book! My boys (and I) are dinosaur lovers… we have done some many things with them: movies, Disney, homeschooling, etc and we super excited to get this book. We remembered how much we loved the last movable figures book and this was no different!
| For Dinosaur Lovers: Make Prehistoric Times Come to Life! A Resource for the Classroom, the Home School, and Just for Fun! Who hasn’t thrilled to the giants that roamed the earth millions of years ago? Dinosaurs–fearsome, fast carnivores, enormous herbivores, and flying lizards that resembled giant bats–have captured our imagination for nearly two centuries. Now, children age 6-12 can make and color their own dinosaur action figures, using cut-outs from the new book Dinosaurs on the Move: Moveable Paper Figures to Cut, Color, and Assemble by Cathy Diez-Luckie. The action figures and the accompanying descriptive text for the 10 species of dinosaurs included can be used to facilitate drama play, science learning, and even discussions of natural history. Dinosaurs on the Move follows the award-winning Famous Figures of Ancient Times in a series of cut-and-color movable action-figure history books from Figures In Motion; future books will feature famous people from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the United States, and the Bible. The illustrations for the ten prehistoric dinosaurs are based on authentic fossils and skeletons–in both pre-colored and color-them-in versions, to cut out into moveable action figures using only crayons or colored pencils, scissors, a 1/8 inch hole punch, and fasteners. “Children love to move the dinosaurs’ jaws, clash their teeth, and make their legs move. It’s a great way to have fun and introduce children to natural history and paleontology,” explains Diez-Luckie. |
| What’s in the book?
Dinosauria Section: A short introduction includes fascinating facts about habitat, diet, length, weight, the location of fossil discoveries, and key features about each dinosaur. Pre-Colored and Black & White Moving Figures: Detailed pre-colored illustrations based on authentic dinosaur fossils and skeletons. Black and white line drawings of each figure are included for creative coloring. Printed on sturdy cardstock, with perforated pages for easy removal. A letter key is printed on the back of each figure for easy assembly. Dinosaur List:
Dinosaurs on the Move brings another dimension of “fun” to an exciting area of play for children. Prehistoric times will never be the same! |
Mom Says: We love it just as much (if not more) than the last Figures in Motion book we reviewed!
About Kelli
Love the variety of dinosaurs in the kit!