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Dinosaur Unit

Essential Question:

What are dinosaurs and how did they live?

Story Time: Scroll down for the Books of the Week

Choose one book each day to focus on

Scroll down for the Books of the Week. Pause during the book reading to discuss what you see and ask your child to identify items either by labeling or pointing. Keep a list of what they were able to identify and share it with us!

After reading the books/watching the videos, go on a nature walk (even if it's just around the block) and talk about the plants and animals you see. Talk about what you hear, whether it was a bird chirping or dog barking. Gather twigs, leaves, and blades of grass; talk about how animals use these materials to make nests and homes for their babies. Allow your child to explore what you've discovered and we'll be using some of these materials throughout the week

Literacy Activity:

Choose an activity to work on over a couple of days or choose one activity per day

Vocabulary words to target this week: bones, dinosaur, fossil, teeth, tail

EXAGGERATE the target letters below and pair those sounds with the vocabulary words

(Focus Letters: B, D, F, T)

*Feel free to add your own words, the key is consistency. KEEP LANGUAGE GOING ALL DAY*

CLICK HERE FOR NAME MATS

CLICK HERE FOR LETTER PRINTABLES

There are puzzles, tracing, painting, play-dough mats to choose from. The goal is to have your child engage with letters of the alphabet but also to be able to identify the letters in the vocabulary words. Experiment with what your child shows the most interest in. Target fine motor skills, following directions and communication. Allow your child to use glue, safety scissors, paint, markers, stickers, etc. For play-dough and paint recipes, click on this link below or check our "Resources" page.

NO PRINTER? NO PROBLEM! DRAW LETTERS FOR YOUR CHILD TO TRACE WITH THEIR FINGERS, MARKER, ETC

C91 Remote Learning - Resources

STEAM:

Science/ Technology/ Engineering/ Art/ Math/ Science

Choose an activity to work on over a couple of days or choose one activity per day

Examples of questions to ask:

What happens when ___? How do you think that works? How could you change that?

What does that remind you of? What would happen if ___? Tell me more.

Narrate play and ask questions, label objects, animals body parts, verbs, colors, sizes, quantity, be creative and HAVE FUN!

Make a dinosaur nest: Use the materials you gathered from your nature walk! Pictures can be used from the computer. Discuss how a dinosaur nest is the same and different from other nests we are familiar with.
Make dinosaur eggs: Now that we have the nest built, check out the tutorial below to create some eggs! Talk about how dinosaurs hatched from eggs, what other animals hatch from eggs, what animals don't? How might a dinosaur egg be the same or different from other animal eggs?
Dinosaur Swamp: Discuss what type of habitat dinosaurs lived in? Use materials from your nature walk! Talk about the materials used, try turn taking with materials and dinosaur play.
Volcano: Make an erupting volcano! This can be added to your sensory bin (nest/ swamp/ dirt/ rocks). You can use poster board for a base, and build a mountain with play dough around a 20-ounce drink bottle. Place small toy dinosaurs on the sides of the mountain. Red food color is added to vinegar. We put baking soda in the bottle with a funnel, pour in the vinegar, and watch the volcano erupt!
Ice Age: Create a Dinosaur frozen in time. Add the frozen dinosaurs to the sensory table and explore the many different ways we can save the dinosaur from being frozen in time. Explore ways to get the dinosaurs out of the ice!

CLICK HERE Building a Dinosaur Nest

2.CLICK HERE DIY Dino Egg Hatch

3.CLICK HERE Dinosaur Swamp

4. CLICK HERE Dinosaur Volcano

5. Frozen Dinosaur Activity

Books of the Week

Once finished with the book, go through it again and PAUSE video to get a better look at pictures; assist your child to identify pictures (focus on vocabulary words, body parts, verbs, colors, quantity).

Again, PAUSE the books at any time to answer questions, ASK questions, and point out important information. At the end of the book, talk about it some more. Ask WH questions (ie WHAT did we just read?/ WHERE did the dinosaurs go?)

How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?: Target receptive and expressive identification AND daily living skills when reading. Ask your child to complete some simple chores around the house (ie put clothes in hamper, put something in garbage).

How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?: Target Social Emotional Learning (SEL) by having your child identify emotions and label emotions. Ask your child "How do you feel today" and model different emotions (happy/ sad/ silly). See if your child can identify varied emotions in books and shows.

ALL BOOKS:

Have your child identify colors of dinosaurs and objects by pointing or labeling, Have your child identify dinosaurs by attributes (ie color, size), have your child identify other pictures or characters in books.

How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?

How do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad

How do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones

Pete the Cat: Cavecat

Videos of the Week/ Music and Movement

When exploring these videos, use this as an opportunity to talk with your child about DINOSAURS! What are dinosaurs? What did they look like? What did they sound like? Ask your child to move like a dinosaur. Ask your child to identify the colors, quantity and objects in videos and imitate the dance and exercise movements.

It's important to narrate these videos and PAUSE video if you need to. Write down any reactions or words and share with us! As always, pictures are always welcomed too!

The goal here is to HAVE FUN! Making noise is okay, it's all part of the learning process!

**For Students Transitioning to Kindergarten: Check out Boom Chicka Boom Graduation Song

Parents: Talk with your child about going to a new school, new teachers, new building and making new friends! **If possible, visit your new school's building (walk or drive by), or visit the school's website and take a virtual tour; look at pictures of the staff and any pictures of students engaging in play.

Counting Dinosaur Fun