Week 3: When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth
This week we decided to go wayyy back in time to the prehistoric ages so we could visit the dinosaurs! I started off by asking the kids what they thought the coolest dinosaur was. Everyone decided that T-Rex's are awesome, but Brontosauruses were really cute too (and won't bite)! We also learned that the Brontosaurus was the largest dinosaur to roam the earth, and weighed between 25-50 tons! That's about as much as 17 elephants!
We started by reading our first book:
Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein
Then we decided to get up and moving by singing the Dino-Pokey!
You put your claws in,
You take your claws out,
You put your claws in,
And you scratch 'em all about.
You do the dino pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!
Additional verses:
- feet in, feet out, stomp them all about
- teeth in, teeth out, chomp them all about
- tail in, tail out, wag it all about
Then we sang our second story:
Dinosaurumpus! by Tony Mitton
This was a funny one about all the different ways dinosaurs dance!
Then we sang our second song, I'm a Mean Old Dinosaur:
I'm a mean old Dinosaur
(Make a mean face, the kids make the cutest mean faces)
Big and Tall
(Gesture hands big and tall)
Here is my tail, here is my claw.
(Gesture hands behind your back for tail and make claw hands)
When I get all hungry
(Rub your tummy)
I just growl
(Have the kids exaggerate the grrroooowwwlll)
Look out kids I'm on the prowl.
(Give everybody tickles)
Then we read our last book:
Edwina, the dinosaur who didn't know she was extinct by Mo Willems
Then we did our craft, paper plate dinosaurs! It was the most popular craft I've done to date. The kids loved making all sorts of different dinosaurs. Here's how you can too:
We started by reading our first book:
Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein
Then we decided to get up and moving by singing the Dino-Pokey!
You put your claws in,
You take your claws out,
You put your claws in,
And you scratch 'em all about.
You do the dino pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!
Additional verses:
- feet in, feet out, stomp them all about
- teeth in, teeth out, chomp them all about
- tail in, tail out, wag it all about
Then we sang our second story:
Dinosaurumpus! by Tony Mitton
This was a funny one about all the different ways dinosaurs dance!
Then we sang our second song, I'm a Mean Old Dinosaur:
I'm a mean old Dinosaur
(Make a mean face, the kids make the cutest mean faces)
Big and Tall
(Gesture hands big and tall)
Here is my tail, here is my claw.
(Gesture hands behind your back for tail and make claw hands)
When I get all hungry
(Rub your tummy)
I just growl
(Have the kids exaggerate the grrroooowwwlll)
Look out kids I'm on the prowl.
(Give everybody tickles)
Then we read our last book:
Edwina, the dinosaur who didn't know she was extinct by Mo Willems
Then we did our craft, paper plate dinosaurs! It was the most popular craft I've done to date. The kids loved making all sorts of different dinosaurs. Here's how you can too:
Materials:
- Construction paper or colored cardstock
- Paper plate (cut in half)
- Markers
- Bingo dotters
- Stapler
Directions:
1. Print off your dinosaur stencils (I will attach links for all of them below) onto your colored construction paper.
2. Ask the kids to cut out their dinosaur stencils.
3. Give them markers, bingo dotters, ect. and tell them to use those to decorate their plates and dinosaur cut outs however they'd like.
4. When they're done decorating they can staple the dinosaur pieces on their plate (some help may be required for this part).
- Pterodactyl stencil
Don't forget to swing by next week because we'll be diving deep down into the depths of the ocean for Under the Sea week! See you then!
