I Love Dinosaurs
Join Miss Diane for a preschool program about dinosaurs. Your child will have fun learning about dinosaurs through stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft.
Diane Keyes
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(44)
What's included
1 live meeting
25 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
Hello! I am excited to offer a class about dinosaurs for early learners. Thank you for considering this program to further your child's educational development. In this class, your student will listen, interact, sing, laugh, and learn about dinosaurs! Information about dinosaurs will be presented using a variety of learning techniques. Children learn by repeated engagement in the lesson material. Therefore, your student will learn about dinosaurs through participation in books, rhymes, songs, puppets, and a craft. Each element of the program is designed to target a different learning style. Your child will interact with pictures, listen to stories, sing songs and repeat rhymes about dinosaurs, and complete a dinosaur craft. My goal as a teacher is to create a classroom where everyone is comfortable, engaged, and learning while fostering a love of reading. Through gentle and clear instruction, students will be guided to participate and be curious. Moving smoothly from rhymes to songs, to books, my high energy classroom aims to keep your child smiling, involved, and learning. You may also be interested in another class in my "I Love to . . ." series. Or you may prefer my "Preschool Learning Fun" class which is exactly like this class only it is an ongoing class with a different subject each week. Please refer to the parental guidance section for my muting and spotlighting policies. Students will not need any prior knowledge to attend this class.
Learning Goals
Student will learn about dinosaurs.
Student will gain confidence speaking in a virtual classroom.
Student will develop a love of reading and learning.
Student will complete a dinosaur craft.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Parents - Precut the craft paper items or provide parent guidance for your student to cut using child-safe scissors.
Muting policy - It is my hope that all students will be unmuted during the class. This allows each student the opportunity to participate in the class and be engaged in the material. My classes are designed to be interactive. I encourage group responses with questions such as [What color is this?], [What sound does a dog make?], and [Let me hear you say Big A!].
However, as these classes take place in the home, background noises, humming, random conversations can cause disruptions. If there are disruptive noises, I will mute an individual or all students. This will ensure that everyone can hear and enjoy the stories and rhymes. During craft time, all students are encouraged to be unmuted.
Also, I acknowledge that every child is unique and if you would like your child to be muted for the storytime, I completely respect and support that decision.
Spotlight policy – The ‘spotlight’ feature in Zoom allows an instructor to ‘spotlight’ an individual video. This means the spotlighted individual remains the largest video and is uninterrupted by other videos. In order to provide your child with the best possible online experience, I will ‘spotlight’ myself after students have arrived and class has begun. However, towards the end of class, I will remove the spotlight. Then, during the craft time, (if you are on ‘speaker’ view) each student will automatically be the featured video as we discuss the class and craft.
Supply List
Craft supplies: construction paper child-safe scissors glue markers/crayons prepared body parts (see homework section for preparation instructions)
2 files available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Dinosaur Stomp by Paul Strickland
We are the Dinosaurs by Laurie Beekner
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields
Dinosaurs by Kathy Weidner Zoehfeld
(Available in most libraries and online stores.)
Joined June, 2020
4.9
44reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I have provided literacy (storytime) programs to preschoolers and elementary students for over 20 years. During these programs, early literacy and educational topics such as colors, letters, animals, counting, numbers, seasons, weather, and much more were presented. I have a master's degree in Library and Information Sciences and hold teaching certifications for English 5-12th grades and Art K-12th grades. I am the president of the nonprofit, The Literacy Alliance (www.thelitalliance.org) and author of the children's picture book, Peas Let Her be a Princess (www.dianeekeyes.com).
Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$6
per classMeets once
25 min
Completed by 10 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 3-5
2-6 learners per class
