Dinosaurs are so cool! Paleontologists are still discovering and studying new dinosaur fossils in our world. I wonder how I would react if I had a dinosaur in my backyard? Would I love it? Here is The dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard by B.G. Hennessy. The story is unfortunately read without a book support. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GR-XcjP4pI
Science
Here is another book about various kind of dinosaurs: Dinosaur World by Kyowon Eli. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdzdIFZGIE8
Ask your child what he/she remember about the video and which dinosaur is your child’s favorite.
As a fun snack activity, you could put a clean dinosaur toy in a cereal bowl and cover it with any kind of cereal. Let’s pretend your child is transformed into a paleontologist and is digging with a spoon for dinosaurs!
if you have a nature journal, have your child cut and glue the recipe cards.
https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/dinosaur-snack/dinosaur-dig
Language Arts
To emphasize further that dinosaurs were of different sizes, here is a book called The Littlest Dinosaur by Michael Foreman.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm2Bl8HbrtI
Help your child sequence the story: what happened first, what happened next, and what happened at the end. Discuss how the littlest dinosaur was scared at first and then showed a lot of courage!
Here is a song: “Five Little Dinosaurs“ (Tune of “Five Little Ducks”)
Five little dinosaurs went out to play
Out in the land of the lost one day.
T(yrannasaurus) Rex chased one for a snack
And four little dinosaurs came running back, running back, running back.
And four little dinosaurs came running back.
Four little dinosaurs …. (same words as above)
Three little dinosaurs….
Two little dinosaurs…..
One little dinosaur went out to play
Out in the land of the lost one day.
T-Rex chased him for a snack
And no little dinosaur came running back……
No little dinosaur went out to play
Out in the land of the lost one day.
T-Rex could not find anything to chase
So off it went to go to sleep….
I spy the letter D tracing page https://twistynoodle.com/i-spy-the-letter-d-coloring-page/
Math
For this game, you need: (1) toy dinosaurs or paper dinosaurs, and (2) a ruler.
Have your child measure the length of his/her dinosaur. Help your child find the longest dinosaur or the shortest one.
For this counting exercise recreating a dinosaur habitat: you need: (1) a tray, (2) rocks, (3) toy dinosaurs, (4) real or plastic plants, (5) sand or dirt, and other items your child would like to add. Have your child count while placing the various pieces on the tray. Your child may count 5 dinosaurs, 10 rocks, 6 blades of grass, 1 flower, etc.
Art
For this Dino-Mite collage Project, you need (1) magazines/construction paper, (2) copy of the dinosaur pattern, (3) scissors, and (4) glue.
print the dinosaur pattern for your child. Have him/her cut out or tear small pieces of magazines/Construction paper to glue on the pattern. https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/dinosaur-craft/dino-mite-collage-coloring
For this dinosaur craft, you need (1) 1 brown paper bag, (2) construction paper, (3) scissors, (4) glue, and (5) a black marker.
Trace a big oval in construction paper (color of your child’s choice), two little white circles for eyes And little triangles for teeth. Help your child cut All the traced shapes and have your child glue all on the brown paper bag. Your child can use the black marker for the eyes. Here is the model and an extra activity https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/idea-speaking-to-share-an-opinion/bedtime-attitudes
Small Motor Skills
Dinosaur Sudoku https://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/dinosaurs/msudoku.htm
Dinosaur Sizes Worksheet https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/math-worksheet-ordering-by-size/dinosaur-sizes
Dino-rific Rectangles Worksheet https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/math-worksheet-identifying-rectangles/dino-rific-rectangles
Gross Motor Skills
Let’s dance to the Dinosaur Rap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhQkUowpNNo