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Stegosaurus Craft · Picture Book · Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities
This book Can I Have a Stegosaurus Mom? Can I? Please? (YouTube reading) written by Lois Grambling and illustrated by H. B. Lewis is a fun introduction to dinosaurs for preschoolers and early elementary grades. Find @ your library
Whenever I've read this book it generates so much laughter and fun! The children share their own fantasies about what they would do if they had a pet dinosaur.
Dinosaurs are so fascinating to young children and the young at heart. Don't be surprised if the children want to listen to this story more than once! View more dinosaur theme books to read online.
Fun Facts: It was a woman, Mary Ann Mantell, who discovered the first dinosaur fossils which were teeth. She point to her find to her husband who was a doctor and paleontologist. He recognized the significance of the teeth, realizing they belonged to a giant reptile unlike anything previously known, he named it Iguanodon. This discovery, along with the later discovery of other fossils, led to the formal recognition of dinosaurs as a distinct group of reptiles that roamed the Earth a long time ago.
Activity: Read the Story
- Ask the children what they would do if they could have a pet Stegosaurus.
- Discuss some simple Stegosaurus facts:
- A stegosaurus was a plant eater. Most dinosaurs were meat eaters or plant eaters.
- Scientists are not sure but they think that the ridge of plates running along its back might have cooled the dinosaur in hot weather and warmed it on cool days.
- The stegosaurus may have used his spiked tail to defend itself from the meat eating dinosaurs.
- Resource: Stegosaurus at wikibooks.org/wikijunior
Craft Activity > Elastic-powered Stegosaurus paper craft @ creativepark.canon
This is a cute, but a bit complex paper craft to make, but you end up with a fun toy that may last awhile.
Activity: Dinosaurs Coloring Book and / or Mural Activities
Coloring Book: Make your selection of dinosaur coloring pages to include the front cover to make a fun homemade coloring book.
Dinosaur World Mural: This is a good week long project for one child or a group of children: Plan to make a dinosaur mural using the coloring page images. Tape several pieces of paper together to make a large mural size (about 6 or more pieces of paper works well). Draw a simple volcano and some palm trees, have the children paint the mural and glue real leaves, and other recyclables, and cotton for clouds. During the week color different dinosaur coloring pages and glue the images onto the mural. Try to encourage the children to tell a story on the mural.
