Dinosaur Sensory Play (and book review)

'Dinosaur Roar' by Paul and Henrietta Stickland is a firm favourite in our house. Not only is it fun to read and has engaging pictures, but the book is also great for teaching language. It's simple patterned language is great for children who are learning to put words together. The 'opposite' vocabulary is great for older children. We like to have fun imagining what the dinosaurs sound like and practising roaring loudly, meekly, squeakily etc.
I'd definitely recommend reading a copy if you haven't already.

As readers of our blog may know we like to take themes from a book and develop them in play. When we found an out of date packet of chocolate pudding, I instantly thought of a messy play opportunity- a mud puddle for our toy dinosaurs. I added a jelly (jello) swamp and the scene was set.

The Frog was initially reluctant to touch anything apart from his familiar dinosaurs, but he quickly copied his sister who got stuck in.

We made sure we practised our roar and talking in different dinosaur voices as we played.

'Look mummy they are swimming in a chocolate lake'

This post is part of Poppins Book Nook - a group of book inspired bloggers who write about children's books.

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