Roaring Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs seem to capture the imaginations of preschoolers like few other things can. There is something about learning about large fierce creatures that seems to help them cope with their own feelings of growing up. It made for a great week at preschool with many activities geared toward helping them master new physical feats, learn new cognitive skills and practice emotional strategies.

That is Boston's look when he is proud of himself- he had just found a dinosaur that began with a certain letter.
Parachute time is so much fun and uses lots of energy.

Happy Birthday Gideon! Another fantastic four year old in preschool

Using the rhythm sticks is one way to help the children learn to hear syllables in words (an important pre-reading skills). It also is great for their memory when each of them makes a rhythm up that everyone else has to copy.

I loved how the children kept commenting how much their mothers were going to love their dinosaurs. They seemed to work extra hard to make them as wonderful as can be for you.

Has your dinosaur hatched yet? This was a great messy project that some of them loved (others weren't too keen on it which is just fine).

Working together they got this big dinosaur puzzle all put together by themselves.

Digging for dinosaurs. After the dinosaurs were discovered they needed a bubble bath then the kids decided they needed all the dirt scrubbed off them too. It was a very messy, wet, fun morning.

All time favorite preschool song has to be "We are the Dinosaurs". They marched in so many different ways to this very fun song. I think they like it because they get to ferociously roar at the end of it.

Making our own dino fossil footprints. We made volcano's first and of course, the children were fascinating by each eruption.

Playtime during dinosaur week wouldn't be complete without lots of dinosaur play.

Ending out the week with a dinosaur matching game. In their journals they each made up a story about a dinosaur and then drew a picture- oh how fun it was to hear them tell me about their t-rex adventures.

Your children are the best! I couldn't ask for children more eager to learn who share with their friends and listen so well. Thank you thank you thank for for giving me the opportunity to be a part of their lives.