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This activity is suitable for most children who have started learning English since the sentence structure is easy and they only have to find matching verbs to what their dinosaurs can do. Not understanding the words should not prevent the children from participating as each verb will be is visualized by movement. This activity can be used from 4th grade to 6th grade and should not last longer than 15-20 minutes in total.
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If time still remains, children enjoy presenting their unique dinosaur to the rest of the group!
Letting it run
To include a multilingual approach to this game, it could be a fun idea to:
- Write down the English verbs onto the blackboard and act out the meanings.
- Let one or two children say the same verb in their first language ("jump" in Spanish is "saltar") and write down several words.
- Play the game again sometimes adding in a word from other languages. End the game with a round of English words.
The same “Create your own dinosaur” activity can also begin with black and white dinosaur coloring sheets or drawings. (Free dinosaur pages are available here.)
- Let the children colour in their dinosaur and give them the chance to be creative.
- End with a “Gallery Walk” where every child gets the chance to introduce their dinosaur if they want to. (If not, visitors can just appreciate the dinosaur art.)
