A dinosaur a day

Tools needed:
A 3 ring binder
Scotch tape
Lined or unlined 3-hole paper
3-hole punch 
Divider tabs - several sets of five or twelve

Steps
At a specific time each day, sit your child in front of your computer, take him or her to Google.com/News,  have them type in the word "Dinosaur" in the search box, and hit enter.

Below is an example of what turned up today, May 8, 2014.

On page 1 of the Search results you see that there are 3 specific subjects -
1. "Researchers discover new Pinocchio Rex" (six entries),
2. Scientists crown world heavyweight of dinosaurs (one entry) and
3. "dinosaurs shrunk to become birds to survive", (six entries).

Depending on how old your child is, read to them, or have them read each entry. Whenever several online papers or websites cover the same topic, chances are that they are working with a Press Release.  It can be interesting to compare the stories and see how each paper worked with the Press Release to write their own article - or if they just printed the Press Release verbatim.

Print out an article on each subject, and have your child place it in the binder in the appropriate spot behind the appropriate divider tap.

What would be appropriate topics for the above articles?

1. Researchers discover new Pinocchio Rex could be placed in the topic: New dinosaurs found
2. Scientists crown world heavyweight of dinosaurs could be placed in the topic: General dinosaur information
3. Dinosaurs shrunk to become birds to survive could be placed in the topic: Evolution, or Dinosaurs/birds

If you find the article online, print it, 3-hole punch the paper and insert it in the proper spot. If your child finds the article in your print newspaper, cut it out, paste it on lined or unlined paper, 3-hole punch it and place it in the notebook.

Then, start an index page and write down the title of all articles and the date when they were found.