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Showing posts with label pteradactyl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pteradactyl. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Dinosaurs (Go to School) -- 7/28/26

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am. A monthly virtual Story Time is posted the first Tuesday of the month on the library's Facebook page.  It is available to view for one month before the next video is posted.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Dinosaur vs. School by Bob Shea
We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins















Books:
Can I Bring My Pteradactyl to School, Miss Johnson? by Lois Grambling
Dino-School by Lisa Wheeler
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? by Jane Yolen
My Teacher Is a Dinosaur! by Bill Canterbury
Tiny T.Rex and the First Day Oopsies by Jonathan Stutzman
What the Dinosaurs Did at School by Refe Tuma



Craft: Pteradactyl
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out pieces (body, wings)
- Color pieces
- Fold wings at line and glue to either side of body





Extension Activities:
- Start preparing your child for the start of school.  Talk about the activities they will be doing as well as their expected behavior.  If possible, see if you can take a tour of the school they will be attending in the fall.
- We have been reading dinosaur books for two months.  See how many of the books they remember reading.  Which one was their favorite?  Which ones did they not care for?


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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

DiNovember: Week 2 -- 11/12/24

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am. A monthly virtual Story Time is posted the first Tuesday of the month on the library's Facebook page.  It is available to view for one month before the next video is posted.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

One-osaurus, Two-osaurus by Kim Norman
Dinosaur vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea












Books:
Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please!? by Lois G. Grambling
Dinosaur vs. Mommy by Bob Shea
If I Had a Triceratops by George O'Connor
I'm Hungry! Tengo Hambre! by Angela Dominguez
Rory the Dinosaur: Me and My Dad by Liz Climo








Craft: Pterodactyl Headband
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out pieces and color
- Cut two long strips of paper and glue into headband
- Glue head to front of headband
- Glue wings to side and fold so they flap outwards


Extension Activities:
- Focus on fine motor skills by having your child "rescue" a dinosaur.  Wrap several small rubber bands around a larger toy dinosaur.  Then have your child unwrap the rubber bands to "save" it.
- Create a Dinosaur Hopscotch board.  Use chalk to draw a hopscotch board outside.  Include other activities in the board such as Dinosaur Stomps, Dinosaur Hops, etc.


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