Dinosaurs

The kids have been planning what they would like to learn about over the next couple of weeks and this week was all about dinosaurs. We learned the names of many dinosaurs and how to identify herbivores from carnivores. We learned many facts about varying types of dinosaurs; Brachiosaurus’ sleep under water and breath through nostrils on top of their heads, being a long-necked dinosaur was helpful because they could eat leaves on the tops of trees that many other dinosaurs could not reach, and even though Stegosaurus’ are much smaller than T-Rex’s they were very tough and good at defending themselves with the plates on their backs and the spikes on their tails. 
 
Together we painted and put together a paper plate and cardboard tube Stegosaurus, and made Brachiosaurus’ with foam, paper and popsicle sticks.
 
We have been reading many Todd Parr books over the past couple of weeks. Todd Parr books are great at addressing social, emotional and self-esteem topics at the kids’ level. Out of the small collection I have, the kids seem to really enjoy The Okay Book and The Family Book.
 
What a rainy week it has been! But that doesn’t stop us from going out and having a little bit of fun. We went for a few rainy walks and went on a worm rescue mission. We also talked about how worms can breathe air and in the water and how they use rainy days to surface and migrate without drying out