Early years dinosaurs resources

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Lesson Ideas for Literacy, Science, History, Maths and Art. Quick Comprehension Checker Word Watch Leo’s Letter Dino Moves Favourite Dinosaur Chart Cetiosaurus Facts Dino Diet Dead or Alive? Colouring-In Finger Puppets Masks & Dino Footprints!

The planning and resources are aimed at a reception class but could be used in KS1 and adapted appropriately. The plan included ideas for marking the activity, differentiation and ways to support early writing. I planned this for a lesson observation that went really well (head and deputy both said it was working towards outstanding in the lesson). In the plan there are 5 different literacy themed focus activities and an independent activity, including a rage of writing template opportunities. The activities are all based around the dinosaur eggs appearing in school with some links to Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs texts. The handwriting line guides are from the Martin Harvey scheme but can quickly be adapted and edited out.

This resource contains 4 comprehension activities all about dinosaurs. They are suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. They each contain a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 simple questions. There are four different comprehensions: What were dinosaurs? Diplodocus Triceratops Tyrannosaurus Rex There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.

Resources included are as follows: 45 PDF FILES Story presentation – retelling he story. Dinosaur information pack, specific dinosaur facts posters for each species of dinosaur from the story, Posters for each dinosaur with picture / name / height / weight, Face masks in black and white and color. Hand puppets, story props. Large title lettering, alphabet flashcards, alphabet mats, reward charts, dinosaur topic word flashcards, story sack tag, Speech bubbles for display, character faces for display, dinosaurs for display, blue bucket for display or crafts, dinosaur coloring pages, Describe your favorite part of the story, draw a dinosaur, I like this story because, can/have/are writing task, true or false quiz, carnivore/herbivore./omnivore posters, fact writing cards, story boards to write, 2 label the dinosaur features worksheets and posters to match, learning objective tracker, make a dinosaur face craft activity, retell the story from the dinosaurs point of view, sentence writing sheets, writing booklet cover and writing borders. Train station sign, long banner, directions signs, lost property sign, please pay here sign, tickets available sign, thank you for visiting sign, tickets to make, printed tickets.

Dinosaur number matching challenge. EYFS. This activity will promote one-one recognition, number recognition, one more, one less, counting, making larger numbers and fine motor skills.

EYFS. Estimating length and measuring dinosaur bones PowerPoint starter. Mathematics: Shape, space and measure. 40-60 months. Orders by length. Mathematics: Numbers. 40-60 months. Encourages estimation.

Fully resourced, perfect for Year 1 upwards, teaching the children the very basics of Computing in an interactive and fun way!

Love the idea of clay but remember how messy it was last time? These several, step-by-step picture guides teach you the basics of a computer program called Sculptris - a free 3D modelling program that simulates clay.

Lesson plan and all resources to teach a lesson on Ian Whybrow's 'Harry and the Dinosaurs First Sleepover'. Included are: lesson plan; PPT of the story; PPT with comprehension/discussion questions, a plenary activity and lots of activities and links. I think I have referenced where necessary; please let me know if I've missed any! I hope the resources help.

This song is easy to learn and teach with the IWB split-screen song video. It features Al Start singing & signing the song (using simple makaton), subtitles, easy percussion parts for tambourine or shaker, wood block and hand drum. The children simply watch and copy their parts. Split your class into 4 groups and away you go! Teaching notes explain further. I have taught this to Reception children up to Year 3 and they all love it! It's catchy and contemporary and has great dinosaur raaaaahhhs in it! Great for class singing or assembly and works well as a performance piece. The lyrics and chords are included as well as the song and backing track so once the song has been learned from the teaching video, you can simply use the audio track or play along on guitar/ukulele or piano. No musical ability needed to teach this song, let us take the stress out of your music lesson! Great for cross-curricular box-ticking - Music & Dinosaur topic!

Tolsby Frame question cards with activities and questions attached. Not only can this give you ideas of the continous provision you can set up but also provides adults with appropriate questioning, informed by development matters. These dinosaur activities cover all EYFS prime areas and subject areas. NB: there are no pictures for copyright reasons