Music is an important part of
any Early Childhood program.
Songs/Fingerplays
Going on a Dino Hunt
Dino Ditty
Fingerplay
*see words below*
Dinosaurs Lived Long Ago
Fingerplay
*see words below*
I Wish
I Were a Great Big Dinosaur
Fingerplay
*see words below*
For links to the
musical artists click here to go to the music
page.
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
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!!!!!!
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!
Activities
Activity
Instructions
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.
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!
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".
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.
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.
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!
