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DINOSAURS




Dino Eggs

You need enough hard boiled eggs for everyone in your class. Have children bang hard-boiled eggs on table the making cracks in them, but not removing the shell at all. Put them in a cup of water and choice of food coloring. Let sit for the day. For snack, open up the egg shell and you can see neat designs from the cracks and food coloring. Exciting and Yummy!!

Song: ALL AROUND THE SWAMP
(Tune: "Wheels on the Bus")

The Pteranodon's wings went flap, flap, flap,
flap, flap, flap,
flap, flap, flap,
The Pteranodon's wings went flap, flap, flap,
All around the swamp.

The Tyrannosaurs Rex went grrr, grrr, grrr,
grrr, grrr, grrr,
grrr, grrr, grrr,
The Tyrannosaurs Rex went grrr, grrr, grrr,
All around the swamp.

The Triceratop's horns went poke, poke, poke,
poke, poke, poke,
poke, poke, poke,
The Tricearatop's horns went poke, poke, poke,
All around the swamp.

The Brontosaurus went munch, munch, munch,
munch, munch, munch,
munch, munch, munch,
The Brontosaurus went munch, munch, munch,
All around the swamp

The Stegosaurus tail went spike, spike, spike,
spike, spike, spike,
spike, spike, spike,
The Stegosaurus tail went spike, spike, spike,
All around the swamp

Song: DINOSAURS, DINOSAURS
(Sung to: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around)

Dinosaurs, dinosaurs, stomped around.
Dinosaurs, dinosaurs, shook the ground.
Dinosaurs, dinosaurs, some gave fear.
Dinosaurs, dinosaurs, we wish you were here.

Book
Draw a large outline of your favorite dinosaur onto a large sheet of colored paper folded in half. Cut it out so that part of the dino is on the fold. When unfolded, it becomes the front and back cover to a book. Staple a few sheets of paper inbetween the dino covers. Have the children as a group make up a story about a dinosaur and add pictures too!! If you do this with a bunch of other themes and subjects, the kids will have fun looking at them in your library corner during freeplay.

SILLY-O-SAURUS NAME TAGS
Make new name tags that read: Annie-o-saurus, Troy-o-don, Ashley-o-tops, etc.... Try to use those new names all day long!!

Song: One Dinosaur Went Out to Play...
(Sung to: Five Little Ducks Went out to Play...)

One Dinosaur Went Out to Play
Out on a spider's web one day
He had such enormous fun(use arms to show enormous)
That he called for another dinosaur to come
Hey Di-no-saur!!!!(yell very loudly)

Two dinosaurs went out to play
Out on a spider's web one day
They had such enormous fun
That they called for another dinosaur to come
Hey Di-no-saur!!!!!

etc. etc. etc.

Sand Table Activity
Fill your sand/water table with sand or rice. Hide small plastic dinosaurs in it. Have the kids use spoons, sifters, or their fingers to go on a dinosaur hunt. If you have the colored dinos like I do, they can also do a sorting game. Find the dino and sort it into the correct cup according to color or type of dino. Count all the dinos and then bury them again for the next child.

Last summer I had the parents buy a white t-shirt for their child to bring to daycare. I bought fabric paints in bright colors and dino shaped sponges and stencils. The kids had a blast making their own dino t-shirt.

Suggested Reading
Baby Dinosaurs by T. Geiss
any Barney books
any Dinofours books
Can I Have A Stegasaurus Mom? Can I? Please? by Lois Grambling
Archie the Ugly Dinosaur by M. Christina Butler

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