Lesson Planning with Me!: Dinosaurs

Lesson Planning with Me

Hello! I teach an integrated preschool classroom, which means I am responsible for students ages three to five with special needs of all types as well as typical developing students. My students range in ability from a toddler to a typical kindergartener. Therefore, my activities must be able to reach a wide range and be easily adjusted for multiple ability levels.

I created this blog as a way to keep track of the fantastic ideas I have gathered over the years. Because I just randomly add activities to the blog, use the search, standard list, or theme list on the left side to find the activities you are after!

I also create and sell resources that can be found at TeachersPayTeachers and Teacher's Notebook.

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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Dinosaur ROAR! Lessons

My students and I love, love, love this book, especially if you read it with a lot of animation: read slowly on the slow dinosaur page, fast on the fast dinosaur page, pat your belly on the fat page, pretend the spikes hurt your finger on the spiky page etc.

We love the book so much, that I created a week's worth of lessons around it. Of course, you don't have to read the book to enjoy the lessons. Head over to TeachersPayTeachers or Teacher's Notebook to see a preview or buy the unit. I also included a freebie from the unit below...

What kid doesn't love dinosaurs! Enjoy!

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Dinoland Sensory

From Play Create Explore:

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Lots of Dino Ideas!

The following activities were found here.

Here are some of the activities you may want to consider in your preschool dinosaur unit (links will follow as detailed activities are added):
Dinosaur Mural (Creative, Social)
Five Silly Dinosaurs (Music, Math, Language)
Crayon Melting, Dino Style (Creative, Science)
Dinosaur Erosion Table (Sensory, Science)
Fossil Imprints (Science)
Frozen in Time (Sensory, Science)
Preschool Paleontologists (Science)
Rhyme-A-Saurus(Language, Pre-Reading)
Dinosaur, Dinosaur, What Time is it? (Social, Large Motor)
A Visit to the Museum (Science, Social, Language & Literacy)
Dino Scales (Fine Motor, Creative, Science)
The Classic Volcano (Science)
Hot Lava Hop (Large Motor)
We are the Dinosaurs (Music and Movement, Language)
How Big is a Dino? (Math)
Dinos Invade the Block Area (Math, Science, Language)
Best Dino Books (Language)

Monday, October 17, 2011

Dinosaurs!

Creating lap books, or folders like this one, gives your children or students a chance to play with the activities over and over again. Also, when you send home activities, parents get the opportunity to not only see what you are doing in the classroom, but become better acquainted with the skills their children should have!

The activities that are found in this dinosaur folder can be found here.

However, I gathered my favorites below:

http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/Dinosaur_Train_ABC.pdf

http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/Dinosaur_Train_My_Name.pdf

http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/Dinosaur_Heads_and_Tails.pdf

http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/Dinosaur_Sizes_and_Puzzles.pdf

http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/Dinosaur_Counting.pdf

http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com/Dinosaur_Puzzle.pdf