In the educational program ‘’The adventures of little Dinoulis in the forest with the Sequoias’’, through theatrical play, the children embody roles from the dramatized history of the Petrified Forest and experience the way of its creation.

Little Dinoulis is inspired by the Deinotherium, ancestral of the present-day elephant, which lived 18 million years ago in the rich forest of Western Lesvos. The children become for a while Dinoulis, Sequoia, Laurel, Oak and other plants that lived in the forest of Western Lesvos and the volcano that existed near the forest. After a terrible volcanic eruption, the volcanic ash covers the plants and animals of the forest of Western Lesvos.

The program includes:

• Discussion on basic concepts such as fossil, Deinotherium, petrified forest, volcanoes, volcanic ash, excavation, etc.

• Participate in the educational narration in the permanent exhibition halls of the Museum and get familiar with the way the Petrified Forest was created, the plants, the Deinotherium and the animals that lived in it.

• Participation of children in the theatrical play.

• Discussion on the species of fossilized plants found in the Petrified Forest of Lesvos and the process of their excavation through the volcanic ash with the help of the museum kit ‘’Georama: I discover the plants of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos’’.

• Excavation of leaf imprints with the help of the museum kit ‘’Georama: I discover the plants of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos’’.

• Educational activities with educational cards.

• Participation in painting and collage activities.