week 1-
This week we have been reading "Dinosaur Roar" story book, this prompted the children to spend lots of time discussing the features of different dinosaurs, talking lots about their spikes, long necks, tails, horns and wings.
We made dinosaur masks using paper plates and paint, and of course we included some glitter too! In our water tray we enjoyed cleaning some dinosaurs in warm bubbly water and in our construction area we created different dinosaurs using stickle bricks.
We had been practicing some dinosaurs songs to sing during rhyme time with our parents too!
Week 2-
We have still been reading "Dinosaur roar" this week and talking lots about different dinosaurs and their features. We used our art easel to design our own Dinosaur and we included features such as frills, spikes, horns, wings, crests, beaks and much more.
We created our own Dinosaur hats and walked around "Stomping like Dinosaurs", we all had so much fun!
Different Dinosaur pictures were stuck around the classroom and we played a game of who can find the Dinosaur with horns, or who can find the brachiosaurus. The children loved trying to work out which Dinosaur I was talking about.
Week 3-
This week we have been reading "Dinosaurs Love Underpants" and have been learning that Dinosaurs lived in the past, but are no longer alive.
We have had fun grouping different animals together into ones that are alive now, and ones that were alive in the past, supporting the children's understanding of the past.
This week we have been creative and decorated dinosaur footprints using any materials the children desired. Some chose paint, some picked feathers, glitter or sequins to decorate their footprint, supporting their creativity and their fine motor skills.
Outside we have been mimicking the dinosaurs movements, running like a T-rex, Stomping like a stegosaurus and stretching like a brachiosaurus, supporting physical development.
This week we invited parents to join us with our rhyme time session, singing songs such as "See the Baby Dinosaur", " once their was a Dinosaur", "I hear thunder" and "5 Little Dinosaurs"
Week 4-
We have continued with our "Dinosaurs love underpants" book, Discussing the different features of the Dinosaurs as we read through.
Within our provision we have been playing in a Dinosaur swamp, and rescuing the dinosaurs from the straw with tweezers, supporting our sensory needs and finger strength.
Throughout the week we have had lots of conversations about the fact that we don't see Dinosaurs today, and that is because they are from the past.
On Friday we had our theme day, the children came in wearing underpants over their trousers and we spent the day creating dinosaur masks, spikes and tails, turning ourselves in to Dinosaurs that love underpants, the children thoroughly enjoyed this.
Week 5-
This week we have been reading "Dinosaurs in my school" and the children have enjoyed searching the pages to find the hidden Dinosaurs.
We have been using the Dinosaurs around our class room to imprint their shapes into salt-dough, in order to create our very own fossils.
Within our classroom we have created a dig site for our palaeontologists to discover Dinosaur fossils, they have been gently sweeping away the sand, to reveal Dinosaurs.
The children have been taking it in turns to wear a Dinosaur skeleton costume around the classroom, and one child excitedly to us that "the Dinosaur cant stand up, its only bones".
On Friday we welcomed parents to join us in our rhyme time session, singing songs and sharing our story together.
Week 6-
This week we have continued reading "Dinosaurs in my school" and the children have enjoyed looking for the dinosaurs in our classroom.
We have been getting messy with valentine oobleck. We have used spoons to scoop the mixture into cupcake cases, and to create marks within the mixture itself.
We have spoken about what Love means to the children and how they show Love, with lots of them saying its giving a hug or drawing a picture.
We have also been learning about Chinese new year, and used our hands to create pictures of the dragon.
On Friday we took part in the schools pancake flip, enjoying counting how many times we could flip the pancake in 1 minute.
