Dinosaurs Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Dinosaurs Dinosaurs by Byron Barton

• 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 - Counting Dinosaurs (a color identification and counting rhyme I found on the internet a few years back)

• Book #2 – Dinosaur Stomp!: A Monster Pop-up by Paul Stickland

• Activity – Dinosaur, Dinosaur Turn Around (action rhyme I adapted from the familiar "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around" rhyme)

Dinosaur, dinosaur turn around

Dinosaur, dinosaur touch the ground

Dinosaur, dinosaur dance on your toes

Dinosaur, dinosaur touch your nose

Dinosaur, dinosaur reach up high

Dinosaur, dinosaur jump to the sky

Dinosaur, dinosaur stomp your feet

Dinosaur, dinosaur show your teeth

Dinosaur, dinosaur give a roar

Dinosaur, dinosaur find the floor

• Closing - Tambourines using the music "I Really Love to Dance" from Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner

• Art Experience – Paint a dinosaur with paintbrushes and tempera paint