I hope you have fun with dinosaurs! My favorite is the apatosaurus, a plant eater. It is about 15 feet tall (three Mrs. P on top of each other) and about 70 feet long (Thirteen Mrs. P laying down)

Kitchen Science

Dinosaurs are reptiles and thus lay ….. eggs. Yes, they do. We will make some dinosaur eggs in the following video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y9Eo9-Hmss

For this project, you need (1) small plastic dinosaur, (2) 1 cup of flour, (3) 1 cup of used coffee ground, (4) 1/2 cup of salt, (5) 1/4 cup sand, and 3/4 cup water. Mix all ingredients together and put the little dinosaur into the formed ball. Let it air dry for three days or put it in the oven at its lowest setting for 15 minutes. Once dry, you can let your child break it.

If you have a nature journal, have your child make a drawing that you can date and label.

Language Arts

Here is the story on how a dinosaur is born: Dazzle the Dinosaur by Marcus Pfister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApAJk18zp0U This book is quite long and talks about courage too. Help your child sequence the story: what happened first, what happened next, and what happened at the end.

Here is the life cycle of a dinosaur for your child to cut and glue with your help.

Finger plays: “Five Baby Dinosaurs” (Using fingers of one hand)

5 baby dinosaurs let out a roar.

One flew away, and then there were 4.

4 baby dinosaurs pushing down a tree.

One went away, and then there were 3.

3 baby dinosaurs eating tiger stew.

One went to bed, and then there were 2.

2 baby dinosaurs, see how fast they run.

One ran away, and then there were 1.

1 baby dinosaur wanting to be a hero.

It went to help his friends, and then there were zero!

Song “Dinosaur Egg” (Tune of “Blueberry Bush“)
Inside its egg shell white and round, white and round, white and round.
Baby dino is safe and sound, safe and sound.

But he wants to come out into the light, into the light, into the light.

So it pushes with all its might, all it’s might!

Its shell soon creeks and pops, creeks and pops, creeks and pops.

One big jump and out it pops, out it pops!

Art

For this dinosaur baby project, you need (1) 2 pieces of construction paper, (2) scissors, (3) glue, (4) black marker.

Trace an oval Or egg in construction paper as well as the baby dinosaur’s head. Help your child to cut both. Then, have your child use the marker to give an eye and a mouth and then glue All the pieces together. Your child can decorate the shell with glitter, etc.

For this dinosaur project, you need (1) this pattern https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/literacy-craft-name/dandy-dinosaur, (2) crayons/markers/paint, (3) color construction triangles to spell your child’s name, (4) scissors, and (5) glue.

Have your child color or paint the dinosaur sheet with a different medium (cork, q-tips, cotton ball attached to clothespin, potato masher, etc.) Write each letter of his/her name on a color triangle and help your child glue them in order on the spine of the dinosaur.

Math

Have your child continue the number pattern on the April Calendar (Info in Reptiles Week 3)

Let’s play cards counting game page https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/lets-play-cards/lets-play-cards

Let’s play with “Jumbo Geometry” https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/math-center-spatial-skills/jumbo-geometry For this activity, print one on white paper and one on a color page that you can cut up the pieces of the color paper that your child can manipulate.