Dinosaurs have always been among the fantasies of little kids because they are just so different from anything we have around now in terms of animals.
Stimulating projects can be designed to encapsulate this internal drive that children have to learn about these unfamiliar creatures.
Depending on your child's age and interest you can gauge how deep you want to explore when learning about these extinct bunch of animals.
A very popular and interactive idea, and one that requires a good amount of parental guidance, is to let your kids create a mural in their room.
All you need for this is a transparent film that you have copied a dinosaur color book picture onto, an overhead projector (which most often you can check out from the library), and a couple of markers.
Displaying the dinosaur figures on the bare wall and coloring with your child leads to stimulating conversations and possibly most important of all, child-parent interaction.
Other possibilities include visiting prehistoric dig sites or watching a movie with your child and discussing questions he has along the way.
Making a homemade book has always been popular as well.
You can have the child choose their favorite dinosaur and then do a little research about it.
Then help then consolidate their information into a story in which they can be as creative as they want.
Help them to include the real facts that they learned through their studying.
This will result in longer retention of the material as well as create meaningful memories for you and your child to reflect on later.
These ideas work for more than just dinosaurs as well.
If you have a child that finds interest in anything and the possibility turning it into a learning experience is feasible, take it for all it is worth.
Spending time with your child and interacting with them reinforces that important connection that parents truly need later in life when choices become more complex.