Dinosaur Week

We introduced the them with 5 different types of Dinosaurs with colors to practice both. We named the Dinosaurs at group time and I had the children point to the Dinosaurs named.

Art

This week the children have made the following Dinosaur art; marble painted on green paper with orange paint, glued a cracked Dino egg with die cut shaped dinosaurs, glued the letter "D" on Dinosaur pattern with glitter, paint paper plates and glued on long neck and eyes to make own Dinosaur and tomorrow, the children will make hand print Dinosaurs on paper.

Math

The children practiced matching Dinosaur cards by matching by the same colors and type of Dinosaur , counting Dino dots by placing colored pom-poms on top of the dots/making colored patterns by using the same colors or two different colors, Dino bone grid boards- the children placed Q-tips on Dino to match up the bones and count how many Q-tips used. and tomorrow, the children will practice counting with pipe cleaners and number beads by lacing and number recognition.

Motor Development

Dinosaur large cut out with stickers to practice peeling and using fine motor skills, Mini Dinosaurs with buckets and tongs to practice open and close motions with fingers, Dinosaur grid line tracing with markers to practice tracing various lines and tomorrow the children will explore with play dough and dinosaur foot stamps to make impressions on play dough.

Sensory Table

Small Dinosaurs with grass and colored rocks

Social Emotional Activities

Dinosaur Stomp

Dinosaur Egg Roll

T-Rex Says(Simon Says)

Obstacle Course

Safety Review

Holding grown ups hand when crossing the parking lot