Fostering curiosity in kids (and their parents) since 2011

Posts tagged ‘dinosaurs’

A father holds his daughter as they look at the T. Rex skeleton in the Field Museum.

“I thought T. Rexes only had three toes. What’s that back thing for?”

Last year, The Five-Year-Old had a chance to cross a major item off her bucket list. She met Sue. For those of you who do not have your own in-house five-year-old dinosaur specialist, Sue is the largest, most complete, and best preserved T. Rex skeleton ever found. When she introduced Sue to Daddyo, he noticed something peculiar. “Hey, I thought T. Rexes only had three toes. What’s that back thing for?”

The Sproing Cat’s Guide to Hunting with a Giganotosaur

This morning, when I came downstairs intent on rustling up a bit of breakfast, I found my daughter’s kitten class already well underway. This morning’s lesson was on hunting with a Giganotosaur, and seemed to consist mainly of my daughter running in circles around the house while shouting out various rules to her imaginary troupe of kittens and a juvenile Giganotosaur named Laura.