DINOSAUR BOOGIE

Have you seen my latest video? It's one I think your class will love. Grrrr! They get to growl and let out frustration (in an acceptable way) and they get to wiggle and release all that energy. Jumping up and down is great way to get oxygen going to the brain and as they follow along they will be developing motor skills and self-regulation. 

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Dinosaur Boogie
Pterosaurs had wings and could fly. (Stretch out arms.)
He’d swoop in the swamp then up in the sky.
The ancestor of birds they say,
I wish it were here today.
Tyrannosaurus Rex, king of the swamp.
He growl and snarl, and then he’d go chomp. (Clap hands.)
He ate meat, he was a carnivore.
They’d all hide when he would roar.

Chorus:
Do the dinosaur boogie start - bounce around. (Bounce.)
Hands like claws, make a growling sound –Grrr! (Make hands like claws.)
Stomp, stomp, stomp the ground. (Stomp feet.)
Then wiggle and turn around. (Dance and turn around.)
Let’s do the dinosaur boogie…

Brontosaurus was the largest of all. (Point up high.)
He moved slowly so he would not fall.
He ate plants, he was an herbivore. (Pretend to pick a leaf and eat.)
He ate and ate and then ate some more.
Triceratops had three horns on his head. (Put 3 fingers up on head.)
I’d like to see one, but now they’re all dead.
Where, oh, where, did the dinosaurs go? (Hold up palms and shake head.)
I guess we’ll never know!
(Chorus)

Vocabulary

What does carnivore mean?  Herbivore?  Are you an omnivore?
Apatosaurus is another name for brontosaurus.

Art

Give children paper, paint, markers, and other art media to create original dinosaurs.

Research

What can you find out about dinosaurs on the internet?  What happened to dinosaurs?

Writing

Students could do informative writing about dinosaurs or creative writing about what they would do if they were a dinosaur.