Dinosaur Week (1) – Review Alphabet

Do you know about animals living a very long time ago? Do you know most of them were reptiles? We already discovered reptiles. There were snakes, turtles, chameleons, lizards, and crocodiles/alligators. Now, we will be looking at dinosaurs. Most dinosaurs are also reptiles. How are dinosaurs similar or different?

what kind of dinosaurs do you know? (Tyrannosaurus, brontosaurus, brachiosaurus, diplodocus, triceratops, stegosaurus, scelidosaurus, anchisaurus, etc.)

Let’s sing together our song “Rise and Shine – Welcome to School Today” by Dr. Jean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyAD2OoFuoY and our greeting song “Hello to all the children of the world”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nYjGy_ZUG8

My favorite Closing Song sung on “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” tune with movement: Twinkle, twinkle little stars! Time is over and we say goodbye. (Open and close hands)
We had fun with all our friends. Let’s come back and do it again! (Arm moved up and back)
Twinkle, twinkle, little stars! What a wonderful bunch you are! (Blow kisses)

For the writing/reading process, have your child trace or copy (advanced skill) daily his/her name on paper/dry eraser board/ mini blackboard (kindergarten handwriting page) starting at the top of each letter (you could draw an emoji 🙂) either in all uppercase letters or just first letter in capital/uppercase and the rest in lowercase. If your child is starting to write on paper, you can write your child’s name with a highlighter and your child can use a crayon to trace it.

I realize that you might have to survey other members of your family for the question of the day so that your child have enough tally marks to count or have your child put more than one tally mark.

What is your favorite dinosaur?
T-Rex/ STEGOSAURUS/ TRICERATOP / DIPLODOCUS

Science

Dinosaurs were very big and their feet too. We will compare your child’s foot to a dinosaur’s. For this Feet Experiment, you need a big piece of paper and a pair of scissors. Draw a three-toed foot three feet long by one foot wide and help your child to cut it. Then place the Paper foot on the floor. Ask your child to put his/her foot on it and compare the size. You can put your foot on it and compare too.

if your child has a nature journal, have your child make a drawing and you can date and label it.

On the tune of “Oh, my Darling Clementine”, we can sing: what’s the weather, what’s the weather, what’s the weather like today? Is it cloudy, is it rainy, is it sunny, is it cold? (You can also change the weather words).
Let your child check the weather and tell you about it. You might want to ask your child to do a weather drawing that you can label.

Language Arts

Do you have some dinosaur toys? Do you play often with them? Which ones do you have? Here is a book about various dinosaurs called Sammy and the Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLCavKonLcMNAfter viewing the video, ask your child what the story was about? What happened first? (Sammy found old dinosaurs In a bucket) What happened next? (Sammy went to the library to look for their names) Where did he go next? (Sammy took a train ride with Gran) What happened? (Sammy forgot the bucket on the train) How did the story end? (The lost and found man Found them)

Five Big Dinosaurs

(clip art for You to print your child to cut https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/clip-art/baby-dinosaurs)

Five huge dinosaurs giving a big roar.

One goes exploring, then there is four.

Four huge dinosaurs walking by a tree.

One stays to eat leaves, and then there is three.

Three huge dinosaurs hearing a loud “Boo”!
One runs away, and then there is two.

Two huge dinosaurs sitting in the sun.

One falls asleep, and then there is one.

One huge dinosaur wanting some fun.

One goes for a swim, and then there is none!

Once there was a dinosaur (Tune of Twinkle, twinkle, little Star)

“Once there was a dinosaur,

All he did was roar and roar!

It roared high and it roared low;

It roared fast and it roared slow!

Once there was a dinosaur

And all it did was roar and roar.”

Math

For this dinosaur math game, you need the page below and a die. Have your child roll the die and color the corresponding number of dots on the die to the written number on the dinosaur. For advanced practice, use 2 dice, color two dinosaur, if possible, and ask your child to count the dots on both dice together.

Spring is in the air in March! The calendar is a daily activity to do with your child that develop number and pattern recognition. Here is the link to print a calendar to update daily with your child. The set has a weather component, if you like. https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/march-calendar-set/march-calendar-set-4

Daily counting of tally marks and show your child a number card or write the number down to show your child. The numbers of the tallies will be different every day. Extend the concept by comparing numbers: which has more? Which has fewer? Which are the same?How many more (count with fingers)?

Art

For this Dinosaur Toy Art Project, you need (1) paper, (2) toy dinosaurs, and (3) paint. Have your child dip dinosaur feet in paint and press dinosaur feet on paper to make dinosaur print.

For this Paper Dinosaur Art Project, you need (1) a small paper plate, (2) a toilet paper roll, (3) construction paper, (4) black marker, (5) paint/construction paper, (6) glue or stapler, and (7) scissors.
Directions:
1. Cut the small paper plate in half and the toilet paper roll in half.
2. Cut the neck, tale, triangles out of construction paper.
3. Cut two slits on the end of each half toilet paper roll to fit the half paper plate.
4. Draw an eye and mouth at the end of the dinosaur neck.