D is for Dinosaurs!

What could be more fun that a day full of everyone's favorite extinct lizards, the dinosaurs?

During circle time, we sang the following dinosaur song:

I'm a mean old dinosaur (make a mean face),

Big and tall (gesture hands big and tall).

Here is my tail, here is my claw (gesture one hand behind your back for tail and make a claw with the other hand).

When I get all hungry (rub your tummy) 

I just growl (exaggerate the grrroooowwwlll).

Look out kids, I'm on the prowl! (tickle everyone on the tummy)

The kids especially loved the ending.  

We also read books about dinosaurs including Life-Size Dinosaurs, a book that has fold-outs of life-sized dinosaur heads, claws, eggs, etc. - the kids were pretty impressed.  While we were reading the books, we tried to find dinosaurs that matched the plastic dinosaurs we were playing with.

We then started to make Playdoh dinosaurs that we could name, but the kids were more excited about making footprints and squashing the plastic dinos into the playdoh.  We then made a dinosaur diorama using Playdoh and plastic dino figures, complete with an erupting baking soda and vinegar volcano.  I think that was the highlight of the day - that is, until we ran out of vinegar.

And finally, we headed outside and drew outlines of each child on the sidewalk, then laid down a 75-foot rope to see how we would measure up to a dinosaur.  All in all, a great week.

We sure missed Ellie!  Everyone was asking where she was (just like they asked for James on Monday).  Hope she gets better!