Friday, January 5, 2018

Preschool Paleontologists: Dinosaur Excavation Art!

As many of you know, we have been learning with Mother Goose Time preschool curriculum for several months. We receive our curriculum free of charge in exchange for honest reviews and tales from the trenches each week.
After a short break due to spending the holidays with a newborn, we are back to exploring with our January box.  This box is probably our favorite so far! My kids totally love dinosaurs and January's lessons are all about dinosaurs.
Here's a look at one of our favorite activities from week one: Excavation Dig!


This activity helps children practice fine motor skills while learning about shapes and developing their creativity.  It's part of Mother Goose Time's Invitation to Create category which is often a big favorite for my daughter. However, my son isn't usually too keen to participate in creative art activities. He's more of a "math and science" type. With that in mind, I set it up like a real dig.

The children got to be paleontologists and "dig up" the provided dinosaur skeleton pieces by uncovering them with paintbrushes.

Then, the children arranged their dinosaur bones on the provided background paper as they wished and practiced pasting the pieces to the paper. Their "dinosaurs" turned out really cute!

Noah, ever the perfectionist, carefully arranged his dinosaur skeleton as it would appear in a museum while Ada Grace experimented with placing her pieces in different spots all over her paper before finally deciding on a very "abstract" orientation.

Other favorites from the week included fossil stamp art, a t-rex teeth necklace, Dinosaur Bones by Bob Barner, and (as always!) music and movement activities with the Dancing with Dinosaurs CD.
Check back next week to hear more about our adventure with dinosaurs as we explore types of dinosaurs including the Brontosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and Pterodactyl!


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