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New! Dinosaurs Return (Paramus) -   Dinosaur weekend on March 20 and 21 is a big event at the New Jersey Children’s Museum! Come to the museum and see the cool dinosaur cave. Dig for fossils, make a dinosaur craft during arts and crafts. Listen to our favorite dinosaur stories during story time and watch videos about dinosaurs. Maybe even participate in our production of the three little dinosaurs and the big bad T-rex!
 Pearl Observatory (Gillette) - earth & space science enrichment programs, including a fossil dig & be a paleontologist for the day, for schools, scouts, camps & libraries
Stirling Hill Mining Museum (Ogdensburg) - Search around in the Zobel Exhibit Hall and you will find dinosaur eggs, dinosaur bones, petrified wood, a full-size replica Tyrannosaurus Rex skull, and a large slab of siltstone showing embedded dinosaur footprints.
The Dinosaur Den (Morristown) - part of the permanent collection at the Morris Museum
Dinosaur Cave (Paramus) - one of many exhibits at the New Jersey Children's Museum
Camden Children's Garden (Camden) - has a small dinosaur garden with sculptures
Science Discoveries (Florham Park) - exhibit at Imagine That! featuring dinosaurs

Suggested Reading list by Piscataway Library
How Do Dinosaurs.... - series of books by Jane Yolen, including How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?; great for infants up to elementary school; the actual names of the dinosaurs pictured are written on the page somewhere (great for older kids to learn the different dinosaur names)
Who Am I? Dinosaurs - a cute board book for infants & toddlers who pull the pages to see the dinosaurs
All Aboard the Dinotrain - a rhyming book with dinosaurs and trains, who could ask for more?
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp - a rhyming book with colorful illustrations & lots of different dinosaurs from Plesiosaurus to Diplodocus

World's First Dino Skeleton Found in NJ! - learn more about the Hadrosaurus foulkii, NJ's official state dinosaur; sadly, to see him, you have to go to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, PA
Spot the Dinosaur - match the dinosaur with his shadow to hear him roar; for preschoolers (with help) & up
Dinosaur Crafts - crafts & coloring pages
Dino Fun - a variety of online dinosaur games
Dinosaur Train - PBS Kids website has dinosaur games & printable coloring pages
Ology - American Museum of Natural History's online games for kids in anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, earth & more

New Jersey Specialty Toy Stores - ParenthoodNJ's list of stores throughout NJ for a variety of interests
Dinosaur Puzzle set - one of several puzzles from Melissa and Doug
Felt Sets & Creative Play - Imaginarium Felt Creations Prehistoric Dinosaur (price shop as the prices vary wildly among retailers); Felt Tales Dinsoaur Days (a little more expensive but have more pieces); both companies have several other themes
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? - get the PJs, the book or the plush toy - or all three! Available at Signals, Amazon
Bathtime Dinosaurs - available at Toys R Us

Best Dinosaur Museums - good resource when traveling
Academy of Natural Sciences - the dinosaur hall of the museum, located in Philadelphia, features 11 species of dinosaur, has a fossil lab, a fossil dig & kids can see themselves on-screen with the dinosaurs thanks to a green screen (note: the dinosaur hall is interesting but not the only reason to go)
Fossil Hall - exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in New York City; a series of rooms with large skeletons and some interactive displays; it is not geared for very young children but if they just love to look at big dinosaur skeletons they'll still get a kick out of it

Dinosaurs Rock - traveling museum
Time 2 Party (Montclair) - Dinosaur dig
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