Updated: Dec 7, 2019
This program will be well received by preschool children.
Material:
How to Catch A Dinosaur Hunt Template and or How to Catch a Dinosaur Scavenger Hunt Template
Dinosaur Worksheets
Binocular Craft Kit from Oriental Trading $18.00 for 24
Glue Sticks
Dinosaur stickers
Snack (if time permits) make dinosaur cookies at home . Prep:
Print out on card stock, How to Catch a Dinosaur Hunt dinosaurs.
or you can use:
Print out Dinosaur Worksheets - color two sided
While children are in the program room have volunteer or staff member place dinosaurs around the library.
Make cookies in the shape of a dinosaur
Set up overhead with computer with YouTube video: https://youtu.be/TjmGTbNLj6Q
In this program we will start with the art project.
Instructions:
Have children go to the craft table. For this storytime kids are going to back their craft first. Each child will make a binoculars. Oriental trading has a cheap kit!
When all is done, let's look around for dinosaurs in the children's room with our binoculars.
Have children sit at story rug. Ask children names of some dinosaurs? Are dinosaur real? What does it mean to be instinct?
Read the book, How to Catch a Dinosaur by Wallace.
Enjoy some dinosaur cookies while watching the video below.
Watch the Video: https://youtu.be/TjmGTbNLj6Q
If time permits, have kids go back to Craft Table. Have them work on the How to Catch Dinosaur Worksheet. One side they draw a picture of a dinosaur. The other side is a searching game. Otherwise, give worksheets and stickers to go home.
Give out dinosaur stickers
Baby and Me Storytime
FIND YOUR INNER DINOSAUR While reading Pop-Up Peekaboo! Baby Dinosaur, encourage baby to make a dinosaur sound when you reveal what’s hiding behind each book flap. They can also mimic specific dinosaur behaviors, like stretching tall to eat leaves from a tree, or stomping around on mighty legs. Read below for prompts, then add in a few of your own, based on baby’s enthusiasm for different dinosaurs.
Book on order: Pop-up Peekabook: Baby Dinosaur by Claire Lloyd
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