May 4-7, 2020 “Digging Up Bones"

Monday (May 4, 2020)

*Dinosaur Egg Hunt Letter/Sound Match—I hope you still have those plastic Easter eggs around because you’re going to need them for this activity. This activity does not only focus on letter recognition but the letter sounds as well.

Materials Needed:

Plastic eggs (26) Paper Marker Scissors 1. Cut the paper into small enough pieces to fit inside the egg.2. On the small pieces of paper, write a letter of the alphabet.3. Place a letter inside an egg until all eggs are filled.4. Hide the dinosaur eggs in your home or if it’s a nice day you can hide them outside.5. Once all the eggs have been hidden, have your child find the dinosaur eggs. As they find an egg

have them open it and say the letter and the sound it makes.

For an added challenge, have your child identify something that has that beginning sound. For example, “A” and apple has that beginning sound.

*DANCE PARTY TIME!!! Select 2 of your favorite tunes and show off your best dance moves! The third song choice can be found below:

“We Are the Dinosaurs” https://youtu.be/82ooOpJLzr8

*Now that we got to show our dinosaur moves, let’s get back to learning.

*Egg Cracking Counting -This is an activity that not only focuses on counting but increasing those fine motor skills.

Materials Needed:

Colorful construction paper Scissors Sharpie marker Single hole puncher1. The first thing you need to do is draw egg shapes on different colors of construction paper. Once

all eggs have been drawn, go ahead and cut them out. The number of eggs you will have depends on the numbers you want to focus with your child. It can be 1-10 or 11-20.

2. Now that you got all your eggs cut out , write a number on each egg.3. Now have your child say the number and punch the matching number on that egg.

*See what activity is listed under today’s date and enjoy!

https://ideas.demco.com/blog/early-literacy-activity-calendar-may-2020/

*Exploration/Movement--"Dinosaur Movement Cube"

Here is the link to do this fun movement activity. In this link you will find the printable cube as well as the instructions.

https://www.creativelittleexplorers.com/download/2721/

*Story--"We are the Dinosaurs" by Laurie Berkner

https://youtu.be/vvg-OUH6WNE

Tuesday (May 5)

*Dinosaur Dig Number and Letter Sort—This activity allows for your child to be a paleontologist digging for letters and numbers.

Materials Needed:

8- printed “fossils” laminated (or use clear packaging tape) and cut out (Please see attached document)

1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour 1/2 Cup Salt 1/3 Cup water Cookie sheet or shallow baking pan Spatula Paint brush Magnifying glass (optional) Sensory bin (like a plastic dishpan)1. Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit.2. Combine the flour and salt in a medium bowl. Then add the water and mix well. The dough

should be dry and crumbly but hold together some when you squeeze it.3. Pat out half the dough onto a cookie sheet.4. Lay the laminated “fossils” on top of the dough.5. Then, spread the rest of the dough on top of the “fossils”, and then press the dough down firmly

with your hands.6. Turn the oven OFF.7. Bake (if you can call it that) with the oven OFF for at least 2 hours. If you’re forgetful like me,

you might want to leave yourself a little note that there’s something in the oven (so you don’t forget and turn it on to 400 to preheat for a pizza or something!)

8. Remove the pan from the oven and use a spatula to transfer the “fossils” to a sensory bin.9. Your child will pretend to excavate the fossils, and then classify them as uppercase letters,

lowercase letters, or numbers. They can use the back of a paintbrush or other small plastic tool to crack open the dough and then brush the crumbs away with the brush end.

10. Once they’ve excavated each fossil, they’ll classify them not into dinosaur species, but instead into letters and numbers.

Now you are on your way of being a paleontologist. Join our friends from Sesame Street in singing the paleontologist theme song.

https://youtu.be/vsx0gn8iTzg

Yoga/Meditation

Please follow along and complete the yoga poses in this book titled, “Dinosaur Yoga":

https://youtu.be/-etAARRSI58

Today’s mediation question is, what do you think it was like when the dinosaurs roam the Earth?

*Please refer to the following calendar for a special activity to do with your child or family.

https://ideas.demco.com/blog/early-literacy-activity-calendar-may-2020/

*Exploration/Movement—Macaroni Dinosaur Fossil” craft

Materials Needed:

Various shape macaroni Glue

Marker Construction paper Your imagination 1. Let your imagination fly and see what dinosaur you can create with just pasta!

*Story

“Dinosaur Dig" by Penny Dale

https://youtu.be/VbFD9OS5kcc

Wednesday (May 6)

*Alphabet Dino Tracks —This activity allows you to walk like the dinosaurs walk. The focus of this activity is letter recognition but its played like musical chairs.

1. For this game, start by cutting out dinosaur footprints from colored card stock.  Write a letter on each one from a-z.

2. Place them in a circle and then turn on some music (May I suggest--"We are the dinosaurs” by Laurie Berkner).

3. When you stop the music, your child stops had and try to name the letter that they are standing on.

*Yoga/Meditation

After stretches, for yoga today we will follow along with the following video:

https://youtu.be/isAbhjIYamA

Today’s meditation question is, if you could be any dinosaur which one would you be?

*Dinosaur shapes—Make your very own dinosaur using basic shapes

Materials Needed:

Green cardstock Glue Green construction paper Scissors

These shape dinosaurs are easy to prep and make. Cut a circle out of green card stock and then cut it in half so you can make two dinosaurs. Then give your kiddo a pile of green shapes cut from the construction paper and let them glue them together to create their own little dinosaur friends.

*Please refer to the following calendar for a special activity to do with your child or family.

https://ideas.demco.com/blog/early-literacy-activity-calendar-may-2020/

*Exploration/Movement

“Tissue Box Dino Feet"—Make your own Dino stomps with this fun and easy craft.

Materials Needed:

empty tissue boxes duct tape paint or Mod Podge sponge (for toe nails) glue – for attaching the toe nails (hot glue recommended)

Use the duct tape to reduce the size of the opening a little bit and to reinforce the opening as well. Paint (or glue tissue paper to) the box. Let it dry. Cut triangles out of a sponge or cardboard. Hot glue these to the box. Done. Stomp around the house.

*Story

“If the Dinosaurs Came Back" by Bernard Most

https://youtu.be/LUmMIgSygcQ

Thursday (May 7)

*”Dinosaur Alphabet Board Game"

This is a great story to read before doing this activity: “Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs” by Mo Willems

https://youtu.be/ABFOWwpxaPc

Materials Needed:

Markers Small dinosaurs Large die Paper (to draw your game board)1. Draw a game board on a large sheet of craft paper. Draw it on with a pencil and then outlined in

marker when you have it the way you wanted. Put a house at the end because the dinosaurs came back to the house to get Goldilocks.

2. Write letters in each blank space on the game board. I did a-z and then repeated.

3. Put the dinosaurs and dice nearby. 4. All players will put their dinosaurs at the beginning of the board game. The first player will roll

the game die and move their dinosaur that many spaces. When they land on a letter they will say the letter name and the sound of the letter they landed on.

*Guess what time it is, DANCE PARTY! You know the drill, pick 2 of your favorite songs and dance all your worries away.😃 Here is song number 3--"Dinosaur Stomp"

https://youtu.be/Imhi98dHa5w

*Dinosaur cutting—Before this activity, go around your home and find objects of various colors.

Materials Needed:

Dinosaur cutting page Scissors

1. Print off the page and have your child practice their cutting skills.

*Please refer to the following calendar for a special activity to do with your child or family.

https://ideas.demco.com/blog/early-literacy-activity-calendar-apr-2020/

*Exploration/Movement

"Volcano experiment”—Today you and your child will be building the best volcano EVER!

Materials Needed:

small disposable paper cup playdough baking soda vinegar red food coloring

Now that you have your supplies, go to the following website to see step by step instructions. Have a blast making your volcano!

https://happybrownhouse.com/simple-science-how-to-make-a-volcano-with-kids/

*Story

“Bones, Bones Dinosaur Bones” by Byron Barton

https://youtu.be/9qY4xd6ZBOc

Have fun learning about dinosaurs this week Friends! Please contact me if you have any questions.