Preschool Storytime:
Opening: Big Books
Opening: Big Books
Book: I Wanna Be a Great Big Dinosaur!
*I fell in love with this book when we received it, and I was very excited to read this to the kids. But it didn't go over as well as I had hoped. Its a really cute and interactive book, but I don't think I will try reading it aloud to the kids again.
Fingerplay: Dinosaur, Dinosaur
Dinosaur, dinosaur turn around.
Dinosaur, dinosaur touch the ground.
Dinosaur, dinosaur chomp your jaws.
Dinosaur, dinosaur show your claws.
Dinosaur, dinosaur touch your toes.
Dinosaur, dinosaur move real slow.
Dinosaur, dinosaur jump up high.
Dinosaur, dinosaur touch the sky.
Dinosaur, dinosaur slap your knees.
Dinosaur, dinosaur sit down please.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Dinosaur, Dinosaur, Behind a Door
*The kids love hunting for anything I've hidden on my flannelboard, and the dinosaurs was a big hit! Check out where I found this cute idea here!
Book: Meet Dizzy Dinosaur!
*This book is awesome! I have never read it before in storytime, and it was a big hit! Throughout the whole book you get to interact with Dizzy dinosaur, which makes this book wonderful. The kids loved helping out Dizzy, and I will definitely use this one again.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Dinosaurs Jumping on the Bed
*We didn't do this today, because I've lost my flannel pieces!
Fingerplay: Dinosaur Dancing
*I handed out dinosaurs that I've laminated and put velcro on the back of. We danced around with our dinos before placing them on the flannelboard. There are all kinds of actions you can dance along to, and this website has some great ideas.
Book: Have You Seen My Dinosaur?
*For this, I had volunteer pop up the dinosaur behind me, and when I read “HAVE YOU SEEN MY DINOSAUR” she would pop up a dinosaur. The kids went beserk! After that I caught the dinosaur with my net instead of doing the action listed below “We’re going on a Dinosaur Hunt”. This is a really cute book, and I plan on using it again.
Storytelling: “We’re Going on a Dinosaur Hunt”
We’re going on a dinosaur hunt, and we’re not afraid!
There’s some tall grass! We can’t go under it or around it!
We must go through it! (Swish, swish, swish)
We’re going on a dinosaur hunt, and we’re not afraid!
There’s a river! We can’t go under it or around it!
We must swim through it! (Swim, swim, swim)
We’re going on a dinosaur hunt, and we’re not afraid!
There’s a tall mountain! We can’t go under it or around it!
We must climb over it! (Climb, climb, climb)
Look! Over there! I see a cave! Oh my, look what I found!
A giant footprint! (HOLD UP FOOTPRINT)
I guess we’ll go into the cave. It’s cold in here! (Shake)
I feel some scales, and some big teeth…you think it’s a dinosaur!
(HAVE DINOSAUR POP UP BEHIND STAGE)
OOOHH!!! RUN BACK THE WAY WE CAME!
Run out of the cave, Climb over the mountain,
Swim through the river, Walk through the grass
Run in the house, open the door, jump into bed!
I went on a dinosaur hunt, and I wasn’t afraid! Were you?
*There are all kinds of versions of this to choose from, and this is the one that I liked the best.
Extra Books:
Dinosaur Colors
Dinosaur Numbers
Dinosaur Zoom!
Dinosaurs Love Underpants
How Do Dinosaurs Choose Their Pets?
How to Raise a Dinosaur
One More Dino on the Floor
Pirasaurs!
Samanthasaurus Rex
Shape by Shape
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs
For our craft today, the kids made a baby dinosaur hatching out of his egg.
Time for Two's Storytime:
Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: Shape by Shape
*This is my favorite dinosaur book, and the two's loved it! Always a great one to use with this age.
Fingerplay: Dinosaur, Dinosaur
Dinosaur, dinosaur turn around.
Dinosaur, dinosaur touch the ground.
Dinosaur, dinosaur chomp your jaws.
Dinosaur, dinosaur show your claws.
Dinosaur, dinosaur touch your toes.
Dinosaur, dinosaur move real slow.
Dinosaur, dinosaur jump up high.
Dinosaur, dinosaur touch the sky.
Dinosaur, dinosaur slap your knees.
Dinosaur, dinosaur sit down please.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Dinosaur, Dinosaur, Behind a Door
*I found this great idea here. The kids loved getting to hunt for the dinosaur today.
Book: Meet Dizzy Dinosaur!
*This is a really cute interactive book. The kids enjoyed it, but not as much as I had hoped they would.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Dinosaurs Jumping on the Bed
*Instead of jumping up and down like monkeys, we were dinosaurs! The kids loved it!
Storytelling: “We’re Going on a Dinosaur Hunt”
We’re going on a dinosaur hunt, and we’re not afraid!
There’s some tall grass! We can’t go under it or around it!
We must through it! (Swish, swish, siwsh)
We’re going on a dinosaur hunt, and we’re not afraid!
There’s a river! We can’t go under it or around it!
We must swim through it! (Swim, swim, swim)
We’re going on a dinosaur hunt, and we’re not afraid!
There’s a tall mountain! We can’t go under it or around it!
We must climb over it! (Climb, climb, climb)
Look! Over there! I see a cave! Oh my, look what I found!
A giant footprint! (HOLD UP FOOTPRINT)
I guess we’ll go into the cave. It’s cold in here! (Shake, shake)
I feel some scales, and some big teeth…you think it’s a dinosaur!
(HAVE DINOSAUR POP UP BEHIND STAGE)
OOOHH!!! RUN BACK THE WAY WE CAME!
Run out of the cave, Climb over the mountain,
Swim through the river, Walk through the grass
Run in the house, open the door, jump into bed!
I went on a dinosaur hunt, and I wasn’t afraid! Were you?
*For this, I had my volunteer hiding behind my puppet stage with my dinosaur. After we went on our dinosaur hunt, I brought out my butterfly net and caught our dinosaur. Of course, it took me a few tries before I could catch it, and the kids loved it.
Fingerplay: Dinosaur Dancing
If you have a dinosaur touch your toes. (repeat twice)
If you have a dinosaur, if you have a dinosaur.
If you have a dinosaur touch your toes.
*Spin around, Jump up and down, Flap your arms, Growl and Roar
*For our dancing today we had to use dinosaurs! I found the really cute words above here.
For our craft today, the kids made a baby dinosaur hatching out of his egg.
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