We read Dinosaur Roar! by Paul and Henrietta Stickland for our stART project, today. stART is a story and art link up, hosted by A Mommy's Adventures. I chose Dinosaur Roar!, because it complimented Sneed B. Collard III's B is for Big Sky Country, that we read earlier in the week, where "D" is for Duck-billed Dinosaurs, and because I love the Stickland's colorfully illustrated dinosaurs. (Thanks to whoever it was who mentioned the Stickland books, just last week, I can't for the life of me remember who it was, but I skipped right from their site to the library catalogue, to put this book on hold.)
I gave the children dinosaur play mats, printed from SparkleBox, and covered in contact paper. I suggested they try making some colorful dinosaurs with play dough. And, just in case you're wondering, we used the cooked play dough I made yesterday, and it was still fresh, firm, and nicely textured - not slimy at all. I'll add a note to yesterday's post after a week or so, and let you know if it continues to keep.
The little ones were mainly only interested in covering their dinosaurs in single colors.
But, I had a great time demonstrating to them the possibilities.
For more fun, story stretching, arts and crafts projects, be sure to visit this week's stART link up, at A Mommy's Adventures.
It's great to be a homeschooler.
Those turned out so cute. My reader is acting up and is randomly not showing all my blogs, so I have a couple of posts to check out from you. Off to look at play dough.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome story stretcher - and I am glad that your playdoh worked out well. I so need to print out some of those playdoh mats, especially since I have oodles of contact paper now. Thanks for this idea and the link!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat idea! We've never used placemats and playdough together in that way but it looks fun! Thanks for the idea.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat idea! Their dinosaurs came out so cute.
ReplyDeleteHi, found you from Adventures in Mommydom. Your blogs is great. Signed up to follow. I can't wait to read more.
ReplyDeleteWhat a "roaring" good time!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the awesome link to those dinosaur printables....my daughter LOVES dinosaurs, so I think we'll be trying some of these out soon!
ReplyDeleteI am DIEING to make my own jam...and this looks so easy! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteokay, so that comment was for the Jam post...but I love the dinosaur art project!
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful idea! I can just see all the possibilities for this project! Keep us posted on the playdoh!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great, short and sweet Dinosaur story. And your project does look like a lot of fun. I'd use colors, too!
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