Dino ABC Phonics and Crafts (Self-Paced)
Phonics, STEM Projects, Crafts and Dinosaurs - Over 30 Lessons!
Course Summary
Get ready to rawr, stomp, munch and crunch like a dinosaur while learning letters, phonics and facts. Participate in a group project each week. 30+ lessons plus activity packs.
Get ready to rawr, stomp, munch and crunch like a dinosaur while learning letters, phonics and facts. Since there are 26 letters in the alphabet - there will be 26 videos! Plus bonus STEM, STEAM or craft videos and worksheets. Each week will introduce 4-5 new letters. We will learn about a dinosaur that starts with each letter. I will provide letter tracing and coloring pages for each letter and dinosaur. I often sing songs to help with memory and phonics. Students will be asked to share what dinosaur is their favorite and can participate in show-and-tell by featuring their favorite toys. I often include my own children in videos for age appropriate learning. Demonstration videos include many fun dinosaur drawing, painting, science and STEM experiments. We will explore dinosaur characteristics such as: What does it eat? Is it a carnivore, herbivore, omnivore? How big is the dinosaur? Physical features such as claws, feathers or duckbill.
WEEK ONE: Letters Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee with their corresponding dinosaurs. Projects include dinosaur club tail smashing experiment, make an ankylosaurs out of dough and measuring dinosaur activity.
WEEK TWO: Letters Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj with their corresponding dinosaurs. Projects include dinosaur sight word game, dinosaur toothpaste science experiment and activity packs.
WEEK THREE: Letters Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn with their corresponding dinosaurs. Project includes STEM creating and hatching dino eggs.
WEEK FOUR: Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr with their corresponding dinosaurs. Projects include dinosaur slime, dinosaur handprint drawing.
WEEK FIVE: Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz with their corresponding dinosaurs. Projects include making your own play clay and making dinosaurs out of your new dough.
Some Crafts Include:
~Hatching dinosaur egg science experiment
~Handprint dinosaurs
~Dinosaur bone tape drawings
~Coloring pages
~"Find the letter" scavenger hunt pages
~Skip counting dinosaur puzzles
~Dinosaur play dough mats
~Make your own play dough
~Ankylosaurs tail smash
~Dinosaur toothpaste science
~Dinosaur bone slime hunt
The flexible schedule allows your younger learners to watch the videos and do the crafts at a time that is FUN for them! You can also spend extra time on the topics your child is most interested in. Since this is a flex class with no live meetings, students can log in at a time that is convenient to them to complete the week's lesson. We will be going through each week as a group and I will post the lesson every week based on the date of enrollment (4-5 a week for 5 weeks). I do not screen share, instead I will use books and props to show the dinosaur and letter of the day. Students should be prepared to watch the videos with the provided paper and writing/coloring utensils.
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Elizabeth McMann
Hello parents and students,
I started Teach Me Truth Christian School because of the need for families to have a safe space for learning. After reading, "Mama Bear Apologetics", I recognized the call for a Christian education platform. Not only teaching children about the Bible, but also teaching apologetics that back up the Bible with science, logic, facts, history and intellectual reasoning. I am passionate about homesteading, homeschooling and working on becoming more independent from the world and government. Most schools in person and online censor Christianity and promote everything else - and I mean everything else! As parents, our jobs are becoming more difficult to protect our children from the evils of this world while at the same time educating them about the truth. Soon after starting the online platform, God called me to start an in-person school as well.
My Teaching Style: I encourage learning through enthusiastic engagement. I believe children learn best through curiosity or play. Teaching online has been my passion for six years. I was an online English teacher with VIPKID for over three years and an Outschool teacher since 2020. VIPKID taught me how to engage with students in a virtual setting. They taught me how to use props, singing and demonstrations to increase learning. I encourage student output and participation during class.
About Me: I have a bachelor's degree in marketing and science. I am an entrepreneur and business owner. I have also been in the beauty industry for over 15 years. I am a homeschooling mom of five. I am constantly seeking creative ways for my children and students to learn new things.
My Homeschooling Style: As a homeschooling mom of 4, my favorite part of teaching is sort of "tricking" them into learning. What I mean by this is, we often play learning games and sing songs. In addition to this, my children have learning games on their devices and we listen to learning songs in the car. Some of our favorite online resources include: Easy Peasy Homeschool, Education.com and Miacademy and Flock School. Some of our favorite learning games are: ABC and sight word bingo, memory match, shout-and-grab, ABC caterpillar board game, dinosaur nest game, Uno, chess, checkers, matching, fill in the blank phonics sounds and more. We love arts and craft time as well as create weekly science projects. My kiddos enjoy both live and self-paced online classes. Our kids participate in chores, taking care of our chickens, ducks, dog and cat. We love projects and currently are building a chicken coop. Lastly, our book work is a small part of learning each day.