New Year, New Content in Sparkler!
Sparker’s library of play activities is always growing, and we’re excited to let you know that we have added some Toddler and Preschooler activities about everyone’s favorite topic: dinosaurs! Families can find these activities under PLAY in their app … and providers can find it on the Dashboard Library tab. Here are a few highlights:
Families can click here from a mobile device to open the activity in the Sparkler app! Here’s how to play:
- Fossils are the remains of animals or plants that lived a long time ago. Let’s make our own fossils and play a matching game.
- Let’s make five balls of playdough, and press a different small toy into each ball to make an impression.
- Close your eyes while I mix up the “fossils.” Observe the fossil impressions closely — can you match the toy with the impression that it made in the dough?
Families can click here from a mobile device to open the activity in the Sparkler app! Here’s how to play:
- Different dinosaurs ate different things — carnivores ate meat and herbivores ate plants.
- Let’s pretend to make a meal for your dinosaur. What does your dino have to eat today?
- Let’s add ingredients to the bowl, mix it up, and serve our dinosaurs!
Families can click here from a mobile device to open the activity in the Sparkler app! Here’s how to play:
- Paleontologists are scientists that study dinosaurs. They can learn about how dinosaurs moved and how fast they moved from fossils of their footprints, called “Trackways.”
- Let’s go on a family walk and make footprints in the water, sand or mud. Let’s move in different ways: walking, running, or tiptoes. How will our footprints change as we move differently?
- Now, let’s circle back. Which print goes with which feet? Can you guess how they were moving by looking at their footprints?