Can You Move Like A Dinosaur? Dinosaur Gross Motor Activities
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Have You Seen My Dinosaur? (Beginner Books(R))
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The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard (Picture Puffins)
DINOSAUR GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITIES Scenario #1 Dangling Toes in the River
In the beginning of the story, the Littlest Dinosaur was sitting by the river with his feet dangling in the water.
DINOSAUR GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITIES Scenario #2 Carefully Stepping on a Lily Pad
To do this activity, I found a lily pad template, copied, and then placed them on the floor for J to walk carefully from one lily pad to the next. I then re read the scenario and she did the actions.DINOSAUR GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITIES Scenario #3 Flying over a Forest
Close to the end of the story, the Littlest Dinosaur is flown back to his family by a Pterodactyl. J decided to imitate the Pterodactyl.
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DINOSAUR GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITIES Extra Scenarios
How Does a Dinosaur Eat?
For this we gave J a bowl of lettuce to be a plant eating (herbivore) dinosaur and told her she could not use her hands to eat.How Does a Dinosaur Run?
J had to go on all fours and run like a four legged dinosaur would.How Does a Dinosaur Dance?
We got silly for this activity. J decided that she wanted to dance like a dinosaur.
Additional Dinosaur Activities for Preschool by the #PLAYfulPreschool Education Team:
Amanda Boyarshinov says
What great movement ideas. These would make great transitions too… AKA Fly like a Pterodactyl to the dinner table!
alecia says
I never thought of that Amanda!
Still Playing School says
She is adorable! What a creative way to get moving!
Dianna @ The Kennedy Adventures says
My boys love STOMPING like a dinosaur! We’ll have to try dancing next!
Theresa says
It looks like your daughter had a blast trying out all the dinosaur movements. Our children would want to jump right into this scene and play along. In answer to your question, I imagine you could add the mass of the dinosaur into the movement activity and play around with the differences between large and small dinosaur movements (or dinosaurs vs. mice etc).
alecia says
That’s brilliant Theresa.
Danielle says
My son would LOVE this. Great way to move and learn!
Natasha says
Right now we’re sleeping like a dinosaur. Can you swim like a dinosaur? I like this and will use this quite a bit for getting the girls to do things such as brushing their teeth like dinos.
Cerys from Rainy Day Mum says
Fantastic movement activity – reminds me a little of a book my eldest had as a baby which was “Say Hello to the dinosaurs” where various dinosaurs moved differently, one stomped, one roared, another swished their tail and one blew bubbles was a fantastic book and would work so well with this activity.
Jodie @ Growing Book by Book says
My little one would love all these movements. Thanks for sharing!
pschooltoolbox says
These are great gross motor suggestions! MOVING and learning….doesn’t get much better than that!
Nicola - Multicraftingmummy says
It’s always good to get kids moving and making it fun is even better. Thanks for linking to #familyfrugallinky