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Music
Music is an important part of
any Early Childhood program.
For links to the
musical artists click here to go to the music
page.
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Dino Ditty
(Here She Comes Just a
Walkin'...)
Here he
comes just a stomping with his feet
Singing "Dino ditty, ditty dum,
ditty do."
Searching all round for something
good to eat,
Singing "dino ditty, ditty dum
ditty do."
He's huge!
He's
huge!
He's
strong!
He's
strong!
He's huge, he's
strong,
He won't
be hungry very long.
dino ditty, ditty dum , ditty do
dino ditty, ditty
dum, ditty do
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I Wish I
Were a Great Big Dinosaur
(Tune:
Oh, I Wish I Were an Oscar Mayer Weiner)
By
Daylene Brackbill
Oh I wish I were a great big dinosaur,
That is what I really want to be.
For if I were a great big dinosaur,
Everyone would run away from me!
ROAR!!!!!!
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Dinosaurs Lived Long Ago
(tune: London Bridge)
Dinosaurs lived long ago, long ago, long
ago,
Dinosaurs lived long ago,
That's prehistoric!
Tyrannosaurus was very mean, very mean, very
mean,
Tyrannosaurus was very mean,
That's prehistoric!
Brontosaurus was very big, very big, very
big,
Brontosaurus was very big,
That's prehistoric!
Stegosaurus had big sharp spikes, big sharp
spikes,
Big sharp spikes,
Stegosaurus had big sharp spikes,
That's prehistoric!
Triceratops had three sharp horns, three
sharp horns, three sharp horns,
Triceratops had three sharp horns,
That's prehistoric!
Pterodactyl could really fly, really fly,
really fly
Pterodactyl could really fly,
That's prehistoric!
All the dinosaurs disappeared, disappeared,
disappeared,
All the dinosaurs disappeared,
That's prehistoric!
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Literacy
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Dinosaur Sight Word Mats |
Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Sight Words
Materials: Dinosaur
Shapes, Sharpie marker, lamination film,
magnetic letters
Directions:
Write a different focus sight word on each dinosaur shape with a
Sharpie marker. Laminate the accents for durability.
Place a basket or tub of magnetic letters in the center of the
table. Students will spell the sight words out on the mats
with magnetic letters.
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Dinosaur Syllables |
Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Syllables
Materials: Dinosaur
syllable cards (see printables section below), clothespins,
laminating film, scissors, basket or container for clothespins
Directions: Print
the dinosaur syllable cards on cardstock and laminate for
durability. Seat the students in your small group around a
table. Place the clothespins in a basket or container in
the middle of the table so they are easily accessible to all
students. Give each child a dinosaur syllable card.
Students will identify the number of syllables in the picture
and clip their clothespin to the correct number at the bottom of
the card. When they are finished with their card they can
switch with other students at the table.
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Dinosaur Beginning Sounds |
Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Identifying beginning sounds
Materials: dinosaur
beginning sound cards (see printables section below), clothespins,
laminating film, scissors, basket or container for clothespins
Directions:
Print the dinosaur beginning sounds cards on cardstock and
laminate for durability. Seat the students in your small
group around a table. Place the clothespins in a basket or
container in the middle of the table so they are easily
accessible to all students. Give each child a dinosaur
beginning sound card. Students will identify the picture
that begins with the same beginning sound as the dinosaur at the
top and clip their clothespin to the correct picture at the
bottom of the card. When they are finished with their card
they can switch with other students at the table.
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Roar! Roar! Dinosaur Game |
Objective: Sight word recognition
Materials: Dinosaur shapes, Sharpie marker, laminating
film, Do-A-Dot markers, recording sheet, plastic container or
basket to put cut-outs in
Directions:
This game is a modified version of the
Bang Game. Write one one word on each whale accent using
the Sharpie marker. On one accent write the words "Roar! Roar!
Dinosaur" with the Sharpie marker. Laminate the accents for
durability. Place all the accents in a basket or plastic tub.
Give a recording sheet to each student. Have the students sit
in a circle and pass the basket of accents around. Each student
closes his eyes and removes one accent, then reads the word
written on the back aloud and marks it on his recording sheet
with a Do-A-Dot marker. If a student gets the shape that says
"Roar! Roar! Dinosaur" all the students can roar together and
pretend to be dinosaurs.
This game could
also be played with letters written on the accents and recording
sheet instead of sight words.
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Dinosaur Sentences |
Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Sight Word Recognition
Materials:
Sentence strips, Sharpie marker, dinosaur clip-art or
stickers
Directions:
Write several simple dinosaur sentences on sentence strips
using a Sharpie marker. Include clip-art or stickers next
to the unknown word(s). Cut the sentences apart and place in
envelopes. Give each student in your small group an
envelope. Students will construct the sentences using
their knowledge of sight words. Remind them to create
sentences that "make sense".
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Math |
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Activity |
Instructions |
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Dinosaur Counting Book
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Integrate math and literacy. Number
identification, number sense
Materials: dinosaur stickers or stamps,
one pre-assembled Dinosaur booklet per child
Instructions:
Place the stickers or stamps in the center of the table in a
basket or container so all students can easily reach them.
The students identify the number in each sentence and using
their knowledge of number identification, letter sounds, and
sight words they are to determine which dinosaurs to stamp on
each page.
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Dinosaur Patterns
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Patterning
Materials: Patterning
grid- one per child (available in printables section below),
dinosaur stickers or stamps
Directions:
Give each child in the small group one patterning grid.
Place the stickers or stamps in the center of the table in
a container so all students can easily reach them. The
students will use the stickers or stamps to create a pattern on
the grid.
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Dinosaur 1-5 Counting
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Number recognition, number sense, one-to-one
Materials: 1-5 counting grid- one per child (available in printables
section below), dinosaur stickers or stamps
Directions:
Give each child in the small group a counting grid sheet.
Place the dinosaur stickers or stamps in the center of the
table in a container so all students can easily reach them.
The students will place the correct number of stickers next to
each number on the counting grid.
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Dinosaur 1:1
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Setting: Small
Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence
Materials:
dinosaur 1:1 mats- one per student in small group (see printables
section below), macaroni for bones
Instructions:
Print the 1:1 dinosaur mats on cardstock and laminate.
Give each student in the small group a mat. Place the
macaroni in the center of the table in a container so it is
easily accessible to all students.
Each student takes a turn rolling the die and putting the
corresponding number of "bones" on their mat. When there is one
bone on each dinosaur on the mat the students have successfully completed the game. |
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Dinosaur Roll 'N Stamp
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Setting: Small
Group, Math Centers
Objectives: Number recognition, number sense, one-to-one
Materials: foam
die, 1-6 dinosaur mat (see printables section below),
Do-A-Dot markers (see resources section below)
Instructions:
Students take turns rolling the die, identifying the
corresponding number on their paper and stamping that number
with a Do-A-Dot marker. |
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Activities
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Dinosaur Names |
Materials:
small photo of each student, dinosaur backline copies, crayons
or markers,
sharpie. Have each
student color their dinosaur picture with crayons or markers.
Glue a small photo of each student (head shot) onto the dinosaur
picture in the place where the head is. Re-name your
dinosaur using the student's name; for example: Michael's
dinosaur would now be a "Michael-a-saurus" and Nicole's dinosaur
would be a "Nichole-a-saurus". Use a sharpie to write the
name of the new found dinosaur at the bottom of each picture and
display in the hallway. This activity is sure to tickle
everybody's funny bone and be a class favorite! You can
also bind these together and turn them into a class book. |
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Dinosaur Roar! |
Materials:
blank paper, crayons or markers, sharpie.
This is a great companion
activity to do after you read Dinosaur Roar! by Paul
Strickland. Read the story to your students and then ask
them what type of dinosaur they would be. Provide them
with paper and crayons or markers and ask them to draw
themselves as a dinosaur, then have them dictate to you what
type of dinosaur they would be. You can scribe the
responses at the bottom of their paper with a sharpie or pen.
For example; dinosaur strong, dinosaur weak, dinosaur fast,
dinosaur slow, dinosaur sweet, dinosaur grumpy etc. Bind
the responses into a class book and place in the classroom
library, it's sure to be a big hit! |
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Macaroni Dinosaur Bones |
Materials:
uncooked macaroni noodles, glue, black construction paper.
Have students glue the
macaroni on to black paper cut in the shape of a dinosaur to
create a 3-D dinosaur skeleton. This looks best on black
paper, the noodles stand out and look like real "bones". |
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Fossils |
Materials:
Crayola Model Magic, uncooked macaroni or other types of pasts.
Read Dinosaur Bones
by Bob Barner and discuss what fossils are. Next, give
each child a small amount of Crayola Model Magic and have them
press it flat like pancakes. Provide
various types of pasta and press it into the Model Magic to
create your own fossils. Let it dry for several hours to
become solid.
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Dinosaur Graph |
Materials: butcher paper, crayons or
markers. Title your
graph "What's your favorite dinosaur?" and divide your butcher
paper into columns for your graph. Write the name of a
different dinosaur at the top of each row. You can also
use crayons or markers to draw the dinosaurs at the top of the
columns if your students don't read yet. Ask the students
to write their name in the column of their favorite dinosaur.
Post this graph in the hallway or on a bulletin board. |
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Dinosaurs Lived Long Ago |
Materials:
white crayons (NON-washable), white paper, dinosaur stencils,
watercolor paints.
After reading Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs? by
Bernard Most and singing "Dinosaurs Lived Long Ago" (see song
above) we do the following activity. For each child trace
a dinosaur stencil shape onto white paper using a white,
non-washable crayon. Have the students paint on the paper
using the watercolors and the dinosaurs will magically reappear
on the paper! |
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