Dinosaur Emergent Reader

Do you have any dinosaur fans in your classroom or home? I always have at least a few each year, and I try to build off that interest if I can! This dinosaur emergent reader is perfect for that! It’s fun for kids to read, color, and keep! I have a TON (over 2,000!) of children’s books, so I definitely like to have some great dinosaur activities for my dino lovers to pair with the dino books in my collection!

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Dinosaur Emergent Reader

“Dino-Count!” is great for beginning readers. It focuses on sight words (I, see), number words 1-6, and color words too!

It is set up with repetitive phrasing, which helps young readers feel successful as they start to get the rhythm of the story. This is especially great for students who are not yet decoding or blending sounds into words. This is also a great way to practice tracking print!

How to Prep

This book is super easy to prepare! Simply print it double sided, cut in half, and staple. Printing one set gives you two books! Grab the crayons or markers and you’re all set to go!

I love that I can run off books for my whole class and it doesn’t take too long! (Because we know that we teachers don’t have a ton of time to deal with the copy machine!)

RELATED RESOURCE: Color Centers & Activities for Pre-K/Kindergarten

How to Use

In this dinosaur book, kids read the number words (the pictures support them with that) and also the color words. They color the dinosaurs to match the word.

I find it helpful to my students to highlight or circle the words in the story first to really help them see what color that word represents.

On the last page of the book, students get to add their own twist to the story by choosing the color of the dinosaurs!

We have posters in our room where students can look for their color and see how to spell the color word.

If you don’t have something like this available, you could aid your child or students in writing the color word. They could also look at their crayon wrapper to help them spell it (if they are generic colors and not the really long crayon names, even though those are fun!)

Grab Your Free Copy

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More Dinosaur Fun

For even more awesome dinosaur fun, check out these activities from some amazing kid bloggers!

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
Dinosaur Matching Puzzles Free Printable // Powerful Mothering

Dinosaur Playdough Kit // Mama. Papa. Bubba.

Dinosaur Counting Cards // The Kindergarten Connection

Dinosaur Matching // Coffee Cups and Crayons

Dinosaur Guessing Game // Play & Learn Everyday

Free Editable Dinosaur Name Plates // Fairy Poppins

Free Dinosaur Number Puzzles // Playdough to Plato

Dinosaur Egg Colour Matching // Teach Me Mommy

How to Stomp Out Dinosaur Sized // Sugar Aunts

Dinosaur Colours and Numbers Busy Bag // Adventures of Adam

Dinosaur Emergent Reader // The Kindergarten Connection

Free Dinosaur Subitizing Game // Fairy Poppins

Dinosaur Sensory Bottle // Simple Play Ideas

Dinosaur Letter Tracing // Modern Preschool

(Not Shown) Dinosaur Busy Bag // Study at Home Mama

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Alex is a Kindergarten teacher with a passion for making learning fun and engaging. She's earned a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education, and Masters Degrees in Special Education and Curriculum Design. Alex is a night owl, coffee lover, and she owns more than 2,000 children’s books. Alex lives with her husband and their big black Labrador, Tank.

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