Felt Friday #3: Preschool prehistoric

This is quite possibly my favourite of all the felts I have made. I also had no idea when I made it how popular it would be, or how many 3-year olds know what a pteranodon is. Humbling. My T Rex's arms kept coming un-glued (he is rawther delicate); eventually, I stapled them on. You may notice, also, that my pteranodon lost his right claw in an unfortunate run-in with a small child a few years ago.

In fact, this was my storytime theme last week, which reminds me, I need to make up French name labels. We do a bilingual family storytime at Rideau Library; despite the fact that I do know that children are at different levels (and especially toddlers should be banished to their own program, ideally!), we have low numbers and this is the only way I can guarantee more than two attendees every week. Inclusive, that's me.

Dino books here! Dinosnores is particularly fun; also, don't forget classics like Barton's Dinosaurs, dinosaurs. En français, il y a: Pop mange de toutes les couleurs par Pierrick Bisinski et Ce jour-là, chez les dinosaures by Shaheen Bilgrami (dextérité manuelle requises!)

Songs:
All Around the Swamp (tune: "The Wheels on the bus")
(most recently sung by Laura and I while doing hill training - anything to distract ourselves!)
The pteranodon's wings went flap, flap, flap,
Flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flap,
The pteranodon's wings went flap, flap, flap,
All around the swamp.

The tyrannosaurus rex went grr, grr, grr,
Grr, grr, grr, grr, grr, grr,
The tyrannosaurus rex went grr, grr, grr,
All around the swamp.

The triceratops' horns went poke, poke, poke,
Poke, poke, poke, poke, poke, poke,
The Triceratops' horns went poke, poke, poke,
All around the swamp.

Additional verses:
The brontosaurus went munch, munch, munch.
The stegosaurs' tail went spike, spike, spike.

The dinosaurs went zzz, zzz, zzz,
Zzz, zzz, zzz, zzz, zzz, zzz,
The dinosurs went zzz, zzz, zzz,
All around the swamp.
Shhhhhhhh.

Translated by my lovely colleague Mélissa:

Les dinosaures (air: L'autobus)
Les ailes du pteranodon font swish, swish, swish
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish
Les ailes du pteranodon font swish, swish, swish,
Toute la journée.

Les cornes du stégosaure font toc, toc, toc...
Les dents du tyranosaure font grr, grr, grr...
Les pattes du brontausaure font tape, tape, tape...

Dino-Pokey
You put your claws in,
You take your claws out,
You put your claws in,
And you scratch 'em all about.
You do the dino pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!

Additional verses:
...feet in...feet out...stomp them all about
...teeth in...teeth out...chomp them all about
...tail in...tail out...wag it all about

Five enormous dinosaurs
Five enormous dinosaurs
Letting out a roar--
One went away, and
Then there were four.
Four enormous dinosaurs
Crashing down a tree--
One went away, and
Then there were three.
Three enormous dinosaurs
Eating tiger stew--
One went away, and
Then there were two.
Two enormous dinosaurs
Trying to run--
One ran away, and then there was one.
One enormous dinosaur,
Afraid to be a hero--
He went away, and
Then there were zero.

I'm a Mean Old Dinosaur (tune: I'm a little Tea Pot)
I'm a mean old dinosaur (get the kids to make "mean" faces. Resist the urge to laugh....)
Big and tall
Here is my tail, and here are my claws.
When I get all hungry, (rub your stomach)
I just growl (make that growl count....)
Look out kids, I'm on the prowl!