Dino Workout: Fun Exercise Worksheet for Kids!
This dinosaur-themed activity gets 3-5 year olds moving, which is exactly what this age group needs for developing gross motor skills, body awareness, and balance — abilities that don't come from sitting at a table. Following each exercise card as instructed also builds the ability to interpret a picture prompt and translate it into a physical action, a form of following directions that's harder than it sounds for young children still developing self-regulation.
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Month 5: Essential English, Math, Science | Ages 6-7Curriculum
How to use this worksheet
Cut out the exercise cards together before starting, since scissor practice is a bonus step here too. Shuffle the cards and have your child pick one without looking. Look at the picture on the card together and figure out which dinosaur-themed movement it shows — a stomp, a roar-and-stretch, a hop. Have your child perform the exercise for a set count (you can count aloud together), then pick the next card and repeat until the deck is finished.
Materials needed
- Scissors
Extension activities
- •Design a few brand-new exercise cards together, drawing your own dinosaur movements.
- •Invite siblings or friends to join in and take turns picking cards for the group to perform.
- •Turn it into a freeze-dance game, doing the exercise until you pause the music.
- •Build a simple obstacle course at home that ends with one of the dinosaur exercises.
- •Time how long your child can do one exercise, like dino stomps, and try to beat their record the next day.
Tips for parents and teachers
Coordination and stamina vary a lot at this age, so adapt the exercises rather than expecting textbook-perfect form — the goal is joyful movement, not fitness training. Join in yourself when you can; children are far more motivated to move when an adult is doing it alongside them. Keep sessions short and let your child choose when they're done, since forcing extra rounds can turn a fun activity into a chore.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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