DINOSAUR WEEK 2020
This week we will be learning about dinosaurs, bones and volcanoes. During Science Time I will build a volcano and add dinosaurs to the volcano before it ‘blows up’. We have been using descriptive words for the past few weeks such as big and little, loud and quiet, in and out. You can continue to add to their vocabulary by teaching them new descriptive words as well as new words that compare different sounds they hear, colors they see, the sizes of their toys and foods they eat.
Your Weekly Activity emails during Dinosaur Week will be filled with STEM activities:
Science: study of dinosaurs/volcanoes
Technology: paleontologist tools
Engineering: building the volcano
Math: adding/counting/comparing/categorizing.
All of this while we play with dinosaurs!
COUNTING DINOSAURS
Five little dinosaurs sitting in a swamp.
The first one said, “Let’s stomp, stomp, stomp
The second one said, “Time for lunch!
The third one said, “Let’s munch, munch, munch.”
The fourth one said, “Let’s stomp some more.”
The fifth one said, “Let’s all roar!” GRRRR!
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
Eating fruits and leaves
Take a bite, chew it up
Their lunch is in the trees.
The Dino Ditty
Here he comes just a stomping with his feet
Singing Dino, ditty, ditty-dum, ditty do
Searching all around for something to eat
Singing Dino, ditty, ditty dum ditty do
He’s huge (echo). He’s strong (echo) He’s huge, he’s strong.
Won’t be hungry very long
Singing Dino ditty, ditty dum, ditty do
Singing Dino ditty, ditty dum, ditty do
5 DINOSAURS
One dinosaur went out to play
upon a giant fern one day.
He had such enormous fun
he called for another dinosaur to come!
two dinosaurs went out to play….
three dinosaurs….
four dinosaurs….
Five dinosaurs went out to play
upon a giant fern one day.
They had such enormous fun
they played and played ’till the day done
FIVE DINOSAURS DRIVING IN CARS
THERE WERE FIVE DINOSAURS RIDIN’ IN CARS(pretend to be driving)
HAVIN’ A “WHEELY” GOOD TIME
THEY SAID, “STEP ON THE GAS” (step forward with one foot)
WE’LL GO REALLY FAST! (push one hand out in front of body)
AND THEY DID UNTIL ONE HAD A FLAT TIRE
CA-CHUNK, CA-CHUNK, CA-CHUNK, CA_CHUNK (roll hands unevenly as if rolling a flat tire)
WHOOSH——- (sink down to crouch position while making air sound)
AND HE SAID, “GO ON WITHOUT ME!”(cup hands around mouth and shout upward)
REPEAT WITH 4,3,2, AND ONE DINOSAUR
LAST TIME- speak the following in a rhythmic, almost rapping way:
AND HE SAID, “ I KNOW WHAT I’LL DO, I’LL CHANGE THE TIRE”
SO HE JACKED UP THE CAR(pretend to work a jack while making whoosh sound)
AND HE TOOK OFF THE FLAT (pretend to lift off heavy tire as you say “UH!”))
AND HE PUT ON THE SPARE (pretend to put on spare as you say, “UH!”)
AND HE SAID, “I’LL PICK UP MY FRIENDS”
THEN THERE WERE FIVE DINOSAURS, RIDIN’ IN CARS
(stand back up and repeat original motions)
HAVIN’ A WHEELY GOOD TIME
THEY SAID, “STEP ON THE GAS, WE’LL GO REALLY FAST”
AND THEY DID AND DOWN THE ROAD THEY WENT FLYIN’