Dinosaurs Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo), Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Mark Teague
• Stand-up Activity - We Are the Dinosaurs (action song from Whaddaya Think of That? by Laurie Berkner)
• Bridge - Open Shut Them (fingerplay)

Open, shut them
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)

Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)

Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them
Open shut them
Put them in your lap

• Flannelboard/Math Activity - 10 Little Dinosaurs (counting song to the tune of "10 Little Indians")

1 little, 2 little, 3 little dinosaurs
4 little, 5 little, 6 little dinosaurs
7 little, 8 little, 9 little dinosaurs
10 little dinosaurs give a roar!

• Sit-down Activity - Hiding Dinosaurs (fingerplay I got from a website many years ago)
• Book #2 - Dinosaur Stomp!: A Monster Pop-up by Paul Stickland
• Activity – Dinosaurs Long Ago (action chant I picked up somewhere)
• Closing - Scarves to the song "Flitter, Flutter" from The Second Line by Johnette Downing
• Craft – Glue tissue paper square scales onto a dinosaur drawing