Let’s hear your very loudest roar! For today’s Story Time (Online), Miss Laura is reading stories featuring dinosaurs. What would you do if you had a dinosaur for a classmate? If you were a dinosaur, what kind of dinosaur would you want to be?
Book:
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins, published by Hyperion Books for Children
You can check out this book on hoopla!
Flannel:
Five Funny Dinosaurs
Five funny dinosaurs letting out a roar.
One went away, and then there were four.
Four funny dinosaurs munching on a tree.
One went away, and then there were three.
Three funny dinosaurs didn’t know what to do.
One went away, and then there were two.
Two funny dinosaurs having lots of fun.
One went away, and then there was one.
One funny dinosaur afraid to be a hero.
He went away, and then there was zero.
Credit: Storytime Katie
Book:
How Do Dinosaurs Say I’m Mad? written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague, published by Blue Sky Press
Song:
“Dino Pokey” (to the tune of the “Hokey Pokey”)
You put your claws in
You take your claws out
You put your claws in
And you scratch ’em all about
You do the Dino-Pokey and you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about.
Additional verses:
You put your feet in/feet out/stomp them all about
You put your horn in/horn out/poke all about
Credit: Kidsparkz
For a bonus song, check out The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band from hoopla and listen to track five, a fun song called “We are the Dinosaurs!”
Craft:
Clothespin Dinosaur (kits available from the drive-up window or the Youth Services Desk while supplies last)
Supplies:
- 4 clothespins
- 2 googly eyes
- 2 glue dots
- Dinosaur outline
- Crayons or markers
- Scissors
Instructions:
- Color your dinosaur.
- Use the glue dots to stick the googly eyes to the dinosaur.
- Cut out your dinosaur.
- Color the clothespins.
- Clip the clothespins to the dinosaur so they look like spikes on the dinosaur’s back!
– Laura, Youth Services Manager