Dinosaurs

Today we had another great day learning about dinosaurs.  The children enjoyed getting some wiggles out doing the Dino Pokey.
Tune: Hokey Pokey
adapted by Mrs. Jones

 You put your claws in
You put your claws out
You put your claws in
And you scratch them all about
You do the Dino Pokey
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.

You put your feet in
You put your feet out
You put your feet in
And you stomp them all about
You do the Dino Pokey
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.

You put your teeth in
You put your teeth out
You put your teeth in
And you chomp them all about
You do the Dino Pokey
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.

You put your tail in
You put your tail out
You put your tail in
And you swing it all about
You do the Dino Pokey
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.

 One of our dinosaur centers today involved making a fossil out of Model Magic and noodles.  The children pressed the noodles into the model magic to make a dinosaur body.  We will wait for our images to fossilize and then the children will be able to take their fossils home.  They loved this activity!! 

Today our read aloud was titled If the Dinosaur Came Back.  The children were each given a page that had the sentence starter If the dinosaurs came back ________ would ____________. on it.  The children drew a picture of what they would do with a dinosaur came back.  One child said they would play Barbies with it, another said they would play with it in their tree house, while another student said they would take it for a walk.  The students have come a long way when it comes to drawing a recognizable picture.  I must say I was very proud of the effort the children put forth on this activity.  I took the pages that the children completed and made them into a class book.