2-23: Dinosaur Unit (baby dinosaurs)

Today was so much fun!  We learned all about baby dinosaurs, reviewed numbers 1-10, and discussed greatest to least using dinosaurs as our theme. Here's pictures from our day.  I don't get pictures of circle time but we sang songs, read a book, exercised, played a game, and discussed the weather, number, and color of the day.  Today was the letter D, the color was green, and the shape was a triangle.  

This is a great little book.  Again we talked about if we were a dinosaur what kind would we be.  

Then we went to the kitchen to make dinosaur eggs.  This is a really fun activity.  They each picked out a baby dinosaur.    

We mixed together all of the ingredients to make the dough for our eggs.  

Then we put the baby inside, rolled it up and took them outside to dry.  

They will be ready to hatch by Thursday.  I can't wait!  The kids are going to love it!

As they dry they begin to look like rocks. Can you see the dinosaur peeking out?

We washed our hands and had a snack. Thanks Kynslee!

Then we colored our very own baby dinosaur inside its egg and discussed again what we would be like if we could be a dinosaur.  

Then we went upstairs for centers. 

We had a fun new center today.  These baby dinos are trapped in the ice and we had to use warm water in a sprayer to get them free.  

The kids did great and we all celebrated each time one got out!

I am always happy to see the centers working as they should.  It may seem like just play but each one has an educational purpose.  

This one teaches sorting and categorizing.  

The practical living area is always a big hit.  

These are both sensory centers.  Smell and fine motor skills.  

Letter recognition.

This is our excavation site where they can dig for dinosaurs.  

In individual learning they put the baby dinosaurs that they had colored earlier into their eggs.  It is a multi-step process and I was really impressed at their persistence and patience. 

You have to cut it out, glue it on the plate and then attatch the top shell.  We decided it was like magic. 

Baby dinosaurs were born today.  Yay!

Then we practiced writing our numbers on baby dinos.  

They did great! It's exciting to see how they're improving. 

Then the day was done and we went outside to meet our moms.  

It was a fabulous day at school!