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Hidden Wonders · The Time Tinkerers

A Thousand Clues Before Time

Explore a dinosaur valley with Kai and Rae. Follow glowing vines, spot tiny watches and picture clues, and peek into a cozy attic. Choose one small discovery and imagine the next adventure together.

For shared looking, ages 2–8. Start with a large dinosaur or a bright color; invite older children to describe smaller clues. Difficulty labels are suggestions, not a child assessment.

Look together

Every corner has a story.

Kai and Rae appear at several story moments in a detailed dinosaur valley with waterfalls, orange baby triceratops, a larger herd, green striped dinosaurs, red and blue watches, glowing vines, picture books and a small portal-framed attic.

A few things to notice

Follow a clue. Or your curiosity.

Choose any three if you like. Each clue shows one particular place in the picture—even when a friend appears more than once.

What catches your eye?

Start anywhere. You can choose a clue, name something you notice, or simply look together.

No timer. No score. Just things to notice together.

Discovery marks stay only while this picture page is open. Read the picture description or choose written clues for another way to join in.

The picture in words.

Kai and Rae appear at several story moments in a detailed dinosaur valley with waterfalls, orange baby triceratops, a larger herd, green striped dinosaurs, red and blue watches, glowing vines, picture books and a small portal-framed attic.

Use the written clues and answer descriptions in the player, or invite someone to describe a part of the picture with you. These words support shared exploration; the picture contains many more small visual details.

Make it your kind of together time

For parents & teachers.

At home

Let your child choose a dinosaur, a color or a cozy corner to explore. There is no need to search the whole picture.

Settle in

Look at the valley together, then zoom into one small scene. Choose any three clues, or stop after a single discovery.

A little support

Choose between two places, search together, or let a partner operate the zoom. Welcome pointing, signing, drawing and home-language responses. Characters and watches appear more than once; each clue describes one pictured moment.

Leave room for their ideas

What do you notice before you make a guess?

Name a visible color, shape or action. Then wonder what the friends might be doing.

How could you help me find it without pointing?

Try a place word: beside the book, above the water or behind the log.

What might Rae draw for their next adventure?

Look inside the attic opening. Let your child choose a place, a friendly dinosaur or an object to draw or describe.

A gentle finish

Choose one detail to draw or tell someone about. Finding everything is optional.

In the classroom

About 15 minutes · Adapt to your group

Practice close observation, positional language and explaining which visible detail supports an idea.

Bring along

  • A screen with the picture or a printed panorama
  • Optional picture clues
  • Paper and pencils

  1. Look together

    Notice the water, forest paths and story moments. Invite one visible detail from each child.

  2. Find three things

    Choose a dinosaur, a small object and a color clue. Search together or in pairs.

  3. Describe one without pointing

    Use shape, color and place words to guide a partner. Gestures or a drawing can give the clue too.

  4. Invent what happens next

    Choose the attic or a valley scene. Tell, draw or act out one gentle next adventure for Kai and Rae.

Make room for everyone

Begin with large figures, offer small clues as optional challenges and share control of the zoom. Accept spoken, signed, drawn and home-language responses.

Reflect together

Which visible detail helped you find the clue? Which idea did you invent afterward?

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