Dinosaurs
Your child touches a T-Rex, compares dinosaurs with a bus, feeds plant eaters and meat eaters, and brushes fossils out of the sand. Every word is read aloud, so no reading is needed.
PlayInside the game
Touch
Tap the T-Rex to hear about its nose, teeth, arms, legs and tail.
How big?
Pick a dinosaur and see how many times your child, a grown-up or a bus fits in it.
Food
Drag leaves, ferns, meat and bones to the plant eater or the meat eater.
Dig
Brush away the sand to find a skull, eggs, a footprint and more.
Fun facts
Short facts, read aloud, with a picture each.
Memory
Find the matching pairs: 4, 6 or 8 pairs.
Quiz
Ten questions. Every right answer feeds the T-Rex, and it grows.
Facts for kids
Word for word as the game reads them aloud.
Long, long ago
Dinosaurs lived a very, very long time ago. There were no people yet, and no houses or cars.
Eggs
Baby dinosaurs hatched from eggs, just like baby birds and baby turtles.
Birds
Birds are the dinosaurs' living relatives! The little bird in your garden is a far-away cousin of the T-Rex.
A rock from space
A huge rock from space crashed into the Earth. After that, the big dinosaurs died out. But their relatives, the birds, are still here.
The biggest
The biggest dinosaurs were long-necks. Some were almost as long as three buses!
The smallest
Some dinosaurs were tiny, as small as a chicken, or even smaller.
Dinosaur detectives
People who dig up dinosaur bones are called paleontologists. What a long word! They brush the dirt away very carefully.
Bones of stone
Over a very long time, dinosaur bones slowly turned into stone. We call them fossils.
Plant eaters
Most dinosaurs ate plants. Only some, like the T-Rex, ate meat.
All over the world
Dinosaur bones have been found all over the world, even in snowy Antarctica!
Feathers
Lots of dinosaurs had feathers, like the Velociraptor. But it could not fly.
What did they sound like?
Nobody knows what dinosaurs sounded like! Maybe they boomed, hooted or hummed, a bit like big birds.
Not dinosaurs
The flying reptiles in the sky and the big swimming reptiles in the sea lived at the same time. But they were not dinosaurs!
Questions kids ask
What did a T-Rex eat?
Meat. It hunted other dinosaurs, like the Triceratops, and it may also have eaten animals that were already dead.
How big was a T-Rex?
About 12 meters long, as long as a bus. It weighed more than an elephant.
How many teeth did a T-Rex have?
About 60. They were sharp, with edges like a saw, and the biggest ones were as long as a banana.
Did all dinosaurs eat meat?
No. Most dinosaurs ate plants. Plant eaters are called herbivores, and meat eaters are called carnivores.
Why did the dinosaurs die out?
About 66 million years ago, a huge rock from space crashed into the Earth. After that, the big dinosaurs died out.
Did people live at the same time as dinosaurs?
No. The big dinosaurs were gone millions and millions of years before the first people lived.
Are there any dinosaurs alive today?
In a way, yes. Birds come from dinosaurs, so the sparrow in your garden is a far-away cousin of the T-Rex.
Did dinosaurs have feathers?
Many did. The Velociraptor had feathers, but it could not fly.
Is a pterodactyl a dinosaur?
No. The flying reptiles in the sky and the big swimming reptiles in the sea lived at the same time, but they were not dinosaurs.
What is a fossil?
A bone, shell or footprint that slowly turned into stone over a very long time. Fossils tell us what dinosaurs looked like.
Who digs up dinosaur bones?
Paleontologists. They brush the dirt away very carefully so the bones do not break.
How many horns did a Triceratops have?
Three: two long ones above its eyes and a short one on its nose. It also had a big frill around its neck.
Talk about it
- If you were a dinosaur, would you eat plants or meat? Why?
- How do you think we know what dinosaurs looked like?
- What sound do you think a T-Rex made?
Walk a T-Rex
Go outside and take 12 big steps, about 12 meters: that is how long a T-Rex was. Then count how many times your child fits lying down along that line.
Facts checked against Natural History Museum: Tyrannosaurus, Natural History Museum: How did the dinosaurs die out?, UC Museum of Paleontology: Introduction to the Dinosauria. Last checked October 13, 2026. Who makes Play & Learn