We talked about our names and who named each of them and I explained that paleontologists named dinosaurs based on looks and behaviors. I hid name tags in sand and they each took a turn dusting off the sand to discover a name and identify. I added "-saurus" at the end of each name!
They used links to count and sort, they were encouraged to use tweezers to pick up the links. In our fine motor journals, they worked on the number nine and drew lines.