As part of the Great Stories, the Cycle 2 children are learning about the evolution of animals within the context of the formation of the universe. The children are plotting a timeline of events and during the learning about the existence of dinosaurs, some wonderful learning opportunities arose.

In one session, Emily (Cycle 2 teacher) gave each child three laminated pictures of different dinosaurs, with their corresponding dates of existence labelled on them. As a group the children had to sort their pictures into a sequenced timeline along the floor. The following skills quickly then came into play: reading, solving, comparing, choosing, sorting, recognizing, identifying, representing, commenting, demonstrating, explaining, positioning, organising, guessing, locating, discussing, predicting, restating, constructing, creating, judging, selecting, verifying, debating, arguing and recommending! All in one 15 minute spontaneous activity! All children, all engaged, all working together!