Preschool Pages 11/3/15

It's DINOVEMBER at the Pardeeville Library!  We have invited the dinosaurs so we can learn more about them as we read stories, do finger plays & songs, create things and do dino activities!  

We started out our day with our opening song and check in.  We had five friends and five adults join me today!  Welcome to our new friends "D" and "T"!

Our first book was Stomp, Dinosaur, Stomp! by Margaret Mayo. As we read the story we also played letter detectives.  Each child had a capital letter (S, T, O, M, P, D). I would ask "Who has the letter___ ?" and point to it in the book. The child with that letter would hold it up and we would all say the name of the letter.  We also boosted our vocabulary with words such as; mighty, guzzling, swish, glide, swoosh & whack.  If the adults were paying attention they probably noticed that I wasn't reading every word on every page. (they were polite not to point it out) The book was filled with a great story line but I knew it was a little over the heads of my young friends. So, I focused on vocabulary development and letter knowledge along with adding in some actions to make the book more interesting.

We danced the Dino-Pokey and recited a dinosaur poem. 

It was fun to put our
claws, feet and tails in during the Dino-Pokey!


Then we read Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezera Stein.It's a great story about a little dinosaur named, Dinah!

PAINT, PAINT, PAINT!!!! That was our final activity before saying good-bye.  Each child had a dinosaur to paint that I will later cut out and hang up in the library. 

There were no restrictions of color or style.  It was fun to use a paintbrush and discuss with the adults about the way a child holds the paintbrush or if they try to stay in the lines.