Echo sing.

Make word cards of the following words: “dinosaurs,” “pterodactyl,” “brontosaurus,” “allosaurus” and “plesiosaurus” with pictures of the dinosaurs if possible. Put the word/picture cards in the pocket chart and point to the correct card as you listen to each verse. The illustrations can be found in the supporting resources. Add actions as suggested in the music miming what they imagine the dinosaurs were like.

This song gives you another opportunity to reinforce the concepts of loud and quiet. The words in the song “some were tiny” are sung quietly. “Some were huge” is sung loudly.

Sing the song, and create movements to go with it.

Play the video again, sing along and do your movements.

Ask the students if they noticed some quiet parts in the Dinosaur song. (tiny dinosaurs)

Ask them if they noticed some loud parts. (some were huge)

Make patterns using loud and quiet.

If time permits, choose a poem and decide which lines to say quietly and which ones loudly.

In the song, "Dinosaurs" four kinds of dinosaurs were mentioned. Use only two dinosaurs to make a pattern.

Print the dinosaur coloring word cards and as you sing about each dinosaur, point to the card.

After singing the song, create body percussion to go with the names of the dinosaurs.

Clap, pat or stomp each of the names.

For example:
pterodactyl - clap
allosaurus - stomp
brontosaurus - pat
plesiosaurus - quiet clap

Try different body percussion for each dinosaur. Ask the students which they liked best.
Create a short body percussion piece and use it as an introduction to the song.

Another idea is to use more simple and well-known dinosaur names (example: T-Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus)

Copy the movements.

This song is quite long for Kindergarten so teach just the “Dinosaur ditty-wa, ditty-wa do” part first. When the students can perform this successfully, start teaching the other lyrics and add the actions.

Listen to "I Need a Home for my Dinosaur" and create actions to go along with the story.

The deep sound of the tuba helps give the feeling of a large dinosaur.
The banjo is a cheery instrument that contributes to the humorous feeling of the story.

Listen to the video, and pause when there are questions. Discuss the answers.
- What instrument do you hear?
- How does the music make you feel?
- Is the music fast or slow?

Play the video again and keep the beat or add instruments to play along. Alternatively, invite students to create movement to the music.

This song should be familiar to most students.

Sing along and do the actions suggested by the words.

Substitute Instruments for the claps and stamps in the song.

If you have a class set of sticks, try this version.

1. If you're happy and you know it tap the sticks! X X
2. If you’re happy and you know it scrape the sticks. x x
3. If you’re happy and you know it drum the floor. x x

Sing and move to “Skinnamarink”.