Dinosaurs
Summer 2013
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Larry Groce (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 4) [It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!]
Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still” by Greg & Steve (Kids in Action)
Announce Theme: Digging Up Dinosaurs
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Counting Rhyme with Flannel Board: “Five Enormous Dinosaurs”
Book: Dinosaurs Galore by Giles Andreae
Movement Song: “Dinosaurs in Cars” by Nancy Stewart
Book: Dinosaur Bones by Bob Barner
Movement Rhyme: “Dinosaurs”
Book: Dig Those Dinosaurs by Lori Haskins Houran
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home: We Dig Dinosaurs Family Fun Page (p. 66 of EL CSLP manual)
November 2015
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Larry Groce (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 4) [It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!]
Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still” by Greg & Steve (Kids in Action)
Announce Theme: Digging Up Dinosaurs
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Counting Rhyme with Flannel Board: “Five Enormous Dinosaurs”
Book: Dinosaurs Galore by Giles Andreae or I’m Bad! By Kate McMullan
Movement Song: “Dinosaurs in Cars” by Nancy Stewart or “We are the Dinosaurs” by Laurie Berkner
Book: Tea Rex by Molly Idle
Movement Rhyme: “Dinosaurs”
Book: Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
November 2016
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Larry Groce (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 4) [It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!]
Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still” by Greg & Steve (Kids in Action)
Announce Theme: Dinosaurs
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Mamasaurus by Stephan Lomp
Movement Song: “Dinosaurs in Cars” by Nancy Stewart
Book: I’m Bad by Kate & Jim McMullan
Movement Rhyme: Dinosaurs
Book: Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
November 2022
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Dinosaurs
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Dinosaurs on Kitty Island by Michael Slack
Movement Song: Dinosaurs in Cars by Nancy Stewart
Book: If Da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur by Amy Newbold
Movement Rhyme: Dinosaurs
Book: Some Dinosaurs Are Small by Charlotte Voake
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
April 2024
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Dinosaurs
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: The Itchy Book by LeUyen Pham
Flannel Board: Count, name colors, & id dinos; Five Little Dinosaurs (two ways)
Book: Dinosaur Kisses by Davis Ezra Stein
Activity: Practice Dinosaur Kisses (Chomp, Stomp, Whomp)
Movement Song: “We Are the Dinosaurs” by Laurie Berkner
Book: Roar: A Dinosaur Tour by Michael Paul
Movement: Dinosaurs
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home: Activity Page from Dinosaur Kisses