The Girl and The Dinosaur
One of my favorite things to do is take a favorite picture book and really explore it for the week. For us this means that besides reading it out loud to the girls multiple times, we also all learn how to sign it in ASL. I will also set up either a sensory bin based on the story or maybe a small world.
Last week we used The Girl and the Dinosaur written by, HollieHughes. The story is about a young girl who digs up dinosaur bones at the beach and then imagines what it would be like if they came to life. The illustrations are amazing and the story was captivating for my young audience aged 7-2.
To set up a sensory bin around this story I pulled some wooden dinosaurs, some resin dinos, and some bones. Added all that to the bin filled with cocoa shells and some tools and let the kids at it. It did end up with cocoa shells everywhere-but they vacuumed up nicely, so it was fine. The cocoa shells also made the whole room smell like chocolate which was a nice added bonus. This activity was a hit for all the kids and lasted several days.
