Dinosaur Preschool Day

Yesterday we had our preschool group at Misty's house. She taught the kids about dinosaurs. She showed them pictures of dinosaurs in books. Then she had assembled some items in brown paper bags, and let the kids reach their hands in there to feel what a dinosaur might have felt like. Next she handed the kids each a stick with a picture of meat on it, and a stick with a picture of leaves on it, and talked about carnivores and herbivores. Then she showed the kids pictures of dinosaurs and they  had to told up the stick they thought represented what that dinosaur ate. I think the props made this activity lots of fun.

Probably the biggest hit, at least with my kids, was digging for dinosaurs. Misty had a small planter box with sand in it, and had buried plastic dinosaurs in it. She gave each kid a large paint brush and a turn to look for a plastic dinosaur. My kids loved it!

They also made dinosaur tooth necklaces, with paper teeth and little pieces of straws. My kids didn't seem really into these until we got home, and then every other second it was "Mom look at my necklace, it's a sharp tooth!" or "What is your favorite color of tooth?" Etc, etc. And they couldn't wait to show them to Aaron when he got home.

Another craft the kids did were these cute shoe print dinosaurs. Misty had the kids trace their shoe for the body, then glues cereal pieces on for the skin. Then she had a whole bunch of different colored shapes cut out that they could glue anywhere they wanted to to make their own dinosaur. And they each got two eyes. Ivan's is the top, and Lincoln's the bottom. I love that they turned out so different and both so cute.

For the last activity they got to eat dinosaur food. Misty had put lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, peas, and a couple pieces of jerky on a plate, and told the kids they had to eat it like a dinosaur. I wish I would have had my camera with me. It was so hilarious and cute. And hey, if eating like a dinosaur will get them to eat lettuce, then I'm all for it. Lincoln has been asking to eat every meal since then like a dinosaur. :) I love when preschool sticks with them.