This week's theme - Dinosaurs 

This week we are going to be learning some interesting facts about dinosaurs, through lots of exciting activities and stories. Have fun!

Friday

Let’s start the day with our tricky word song. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMyssfAUx0

• Can you remember some of the tricky words?
• Can you write down some of the tricky words on paper?

Activity 1

I thought today we would do some counting, ordering and writing numbers up to 10.

Let’s remind ourselves of the numbers up to 10 by following the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKnp50mn1Yc

Now we are going to go on a dinosaur hunt in your house or garden. You can make your own dinosaur, footprint number trail. Make a set of dinosaur footprints and number them. You can then go and hide one of your toys and set out the footprints for your brother, sister or grown-up to follow, to find the hidden toy. Make sure you place them in the correct order!  You can go as high as you want with your numbers.

Let’s continue to practise our counting and number recognition by following the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/ladybird-spots

Activity 2

Create your own dinosaur fact file and include lots of pictures and facts that you have learnt about dinosaurs this week. You could make your own book or use your home learning book. You could include:

• Pictures of different dinosaurs
• Words to describe the dinosaurs
• Simple sentences
• What they liked to eat
• Where they lived

Let’s finish off the day with a dinosaur bedtime story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og9xn8WoyDs

Have a lovely weekend!

The Nursery Team x

Thursday

Let’s do a workout to letter sounds today. Follow the link below to go over your sounds and have a dance too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFa0b_IIRac

Story of the Day - Tyrannosaurus Drip by Julia Donaldson

This story is about a dinosaur who ends up in the wrong herd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfvv9GLmaUM

Grown-ups – after your child has heard the story you could ask the following questions:

• What is the title of the story?
• Who is the author?
• What has happened to the dinosaur egg?
• What do you think could happen to the duck-billed dinosaur?
• How does the duck-billed dinosaur feel?

 
Activity 1 – The story tells us about some hatching dinosaur eggs and I thought a fun activity would be to make your own hatching dinosaur egg.

If you follow the link below there are instructions on how to make a frozen, hatching dinosaur egg.

https://theimaginationtree.com/frozen-dinosaur-eggs-sensory-play/

Follow the instructions and watch your dinosaurs hatch from their frozen eggs.

Activity 2 – You could create your own hatching dinosaur egg picture using paper and colouring crayons.

You can count the spots that you put on either side with a simple addition sum:

• 6+4=10

Now to have a go at some more addition sums just follow the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10

Wednesday

I thought this morning we could go on a dinosaur adventure with Andy. If you are ready to learn some more amazing facts about dinosaurs and go on an exciting adventure, then follow the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/dinosaur-facts

• Can you remember any exciting facts about dinosaurs after being on this adventure?

Now you can go and play an exciting adventure game with Andy. Just click the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/andys-dinosaur-adventures-game

Choose any of the following activities or complete them all if you have the resources.

Activity 1 – I thought it would be fun today to make your own salt dough dinosaur fossil. If you don’t have dinosaurs you can use another toy. Follow the link below for instructions: A fossil is the remains of plants and animals that lived a long time ago.    

https://www.kiwico.com/diy/Science-Projects-for-Kids/3/project/Salt-Dough-Dinosaur-Fossils/543

You can also follow this CBeebies link to hear an explanation all about fossils:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/presenters-making-a-fossil

Activity 2  

• In your exercise books or on a piece of paper, draw a picture of a dinosaur.
• Now write a simple sentence to go with your picture.
• Remember to listen carefully to the sounds that you can hear in each word.
• Write your letters using the letter cue sheet to help you form them correctly.
• Remember to leave a finger space between each word.
• Example sentences:

• My dinosaur is big. /   The dinosaur is big.      
• My dinosaur is green.
• My dinosaur is fun.
• My dinosaur is big and green.

Your grown-up can help with tricky words like dinosaur, or you can just write the sounds that you can hear when you say the word.

Activity 3

 Watch the video on CBeebies where Andy shows you how to make a dinosaur sock puppet. If a grown-up says that you have a spare sock that you can use, we would love you to make your own dinosaur sock puppet!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/dinosaur-fun

Tuesday

I thought today we could go on a Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure, with Tiny the T-Rex.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnlDBKD2S78

Now follow the link below to listen to one of our favourite stories, Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus!  You will hear the names of many different types of dinosaurs that lived a long time ago. See if you can remember some of their names. They are very tricky names to remember!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_gk8KE8D8w

• What is the title of the story?
• Who is the author?
• What happened in the story?
• Can you remember the names of any of the dinosaurs from the story?
• What sounds did their names begin with?
• What dinosaur noises can you make?
• Which dinosaur was your favourite?

Activity – If you have some paint you can make your own dinosaur picture using a handprint. This can be a little bit messy so make sure you do this with your grown-up. If you don’t have any paint then you can just draw and colour your own picture. Remember to show us your work at reception@mostonlane.manchester.sch.uk 

Can you write any words around your picture that describe your dinosaur?

• Green
• Big
• Fun
• Fast