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Learning About Dinosaurs

t rex dinosaur statue

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We introduced the theme with a song “We are the Dinosaurs”, pictures, fossils and print.

Art

Monday- Marble painting

Tuesday- Dinosaur Egg- glued materials together to make an egg with Dino

Wednesday- Lett “D” stamped with bingo marks

Thursday- Dinosaur- painted with paint markers, added dot stickers and long neck

Friday- Hand print Dinosaur- stamped with hands on paper with paint

Math

Dino memory game to find matches, plastic eggs with small dinosaurs, count the dots on the Dinosaur using pom-poms, dinosaur bones to practice smallest to biggest, counting beads by stringing on pipe cleaners.

Motor Development

Dinosaur cut outs with stickers for finger/hand manipulations, play-dough with fossils to make impressions, dinosaurs with containers and tongs to practice grip, and dinosaur mat with colored chips to place on each dot.

Sensory Table

rice, small dinosaur counters and rocks

Activities

Obstacle course

Dino egg roll

Dinosaur stomp

We’ve been practicing holiday songs

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