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Dinosaurs Theme


Our Dinosaur theme is always a favorite. There are many activities I add to our schedule to help children learn and engage with dinosaurs. We read books and sing the Laurie Berkner "We Are the Dinosaurs" song of course but there's so much more. We color a dinosaur template and then add a plate to their back for every letter of their name.  The student then writes the letters of their name on the plates and gives the dinosaur a background.

I pull out my toy dinosaurs and add them to our centers. In the art center, children can walk a dinosaur through paint and then onto the paper to make footprints.  In the fine motor center, they can stomp the dinosaurs through playdough or build a home for the dinosaur in the block center. In the math center, children can weigh and measure the dinosaur and compare and contrast different types of dinosuars. In the science center, students can look at pictures of dinosaurs and notice characteristics. In the langauge arts center, students can draw a picture of their favorite dinosaur and then using the words cards, write the dinosaurs's name.

My students love the "How Do Dinosaurs..." series. Other dinosaur books we read are:
*"Dinosaur Roar"
*"Dinosaurumpus"
*"When Dinosaurs Came with Everything"
*"The Dinosaur in My Backyard"

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