One of Thomas' birthday presents was dinosaur fossil kit. I actually have not seen these before and Thomas could hardly wait to see what kind of dinosaur bones he had in his "rock".
I am glad that we decided to break open the rock outside because it did make for a nice mess and Sup liked using the pieces as chalk. Thomas was all ready he got his little safety glasses on and his mini hammer and was off to discover his bones.
After seeing multiple dinosaur shows and documentaries, yes my five year old loves dinosaur documentaries, he seemed to know exactly what to do. He would gently hammer for a little bit and when he reached bones he would stop and use the brush the clear away the dust and rock pieces. He really was pretty good at it and didn't need to help him at all with this part :)
After the rock was all broken into pieces, he was able to find all the pieces to the dinosaur. He took each piece and dusted them off with the brush. He was able to identify all the pieces but had a little trouble getting all the pieces to connect. So I did have to help him with that part.
He was so excited to see that he had "found" and "dug up" a little T-Rex skeleton :) After he was all put together he was placed in my care and given instructions to "keep it away from Sup Mom, he will break it ." He knows is little brother very well ;)
Sup was actually not interested in the dinosaur what-so-ever. He just wanted to play with the pieces of the rock and try on the glasses and he was the happiest little boy :)
Great job with the dinosaur. His Aunt Alisha would be proud of his digging! And sup is adorable in his glasses. Good thing Thomas is such a good brother and likes to share.
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