September Update: Dinosaur Month!

 T-rexes, raptors, Silvisaurus, and Brachiosaurus all roamed...

   The studio for the entire duration of September. ;)

   Sometimes in highly unusual locations!


   Welcome to Dinosaur Month and my not-so-prehistoric studio! This month we had a lot of fun, using these plastic reptiles as teaching aids. During the first week, dinosaurs stuffed in plastic Easter eggs helped kids review concepts that they learned last year and provided new students with an icebreaker matching game. Online students had a print-out page version of this. 


   A spinner with dinosaur-themed rhythms worked equally well for in-person and online students. In-person students used the spinner; online students used a dice!

   While a dinosaur-track worksheet helped online students ID their white keys, in-person students used the actual dinosaurs to practice note reading and naming.

   And finally, while I don't have a picture of it, all my students wrapped it up with a dinosaur composing activity! 


By the way, I'd promised a dinosaur-themed science link each week... and then forgot for all but one week. So let's make up for it, shall we?
   By clicking this link here, you'll find links to all sorts of dinosaur articles, from articles about red blood cells and soft tissue found in the bones of a T-Rex to dinosaur footprints, evidence (and not-evidence) for dinosaurs and humans co-existing, Archaeopteryx, and more! 
   Also, here's a trailer to a documentary I really highly recommend. For your young dragon-lovers, this provides a fascinating insight into dragon legends worldwide! 





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