D is for The Dinosaur who Lost his Roar

 

RAWR! ROAR! RRRR! GROWL! RAWR!
Great for working on the /R/ sound!

Take the noisy room and turn it all into dinosaur conversation!  Start off high energy with stomping dinosaur feet and waving tails and big animated roars then slow down to less active and quieter dinosaur demonstrations.  Ask which dinosaur they are pretending to be.  Ask them what colour they are, if they have spikes or a long neck. Ask what they like to eat. Try to find suitable food in the room. Ask them if they can draw their dinosaur.  Find out what they named it. Write it down. Make a poster or banner to introduce others to their dinosaur.  Have them have a tea party or have the children build a dinosaur habitat with lego or blocks or cardboard and paint. Follow their interests and play.

Ok, so perhaps we want to skip the noisy part but it is a meaningful way to engage the children and the activities are beneficial to entice children to participate in ways that build up skills across the board.

If you have a child working on the /R/ sound,  it is a fun way to practice.  You can add in a number of other R based activities too.  Or maybe they are working on the /D/ in dinosaur and need D/ based activities.  However, today's focus is on the book and the book is a lesson on social skills. This dinosaur is a terrible tease and loves to startle his friends, laughing when bad things happen and making them angry so they do not want to remain friends.  The dinosaur's roaring jokes get the best of him however when he loses his voice from roaring so often.  He takes time to get better and when he comes back looking for his friends, they are nowhere to be found.  Where are they?  He finds giant footprints and realizes his friends are in trouble.  He uses his ROAR to scare the predator dinosaur which saves his friends from danger.  There is a good use of a roar.  Now his friends are thankful for his startling, scary roar.  What are the lessons kids can learn from this story? We learn they may seem funny but jokes can go too far and upset others.  We learn we need to control the volume of our voice (a discussion about that and a volume scale you can use to show when things are getting too loud may help in the future). We learn about the importance of friendship and helping others, using our unique skills for good.

I recommend you read The Dinosaur who lost his Roar and have fun with all the associated activities!









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