Reviews for When Dinosaurs Go to School

The average rating for When Dinosaurs Go to School based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-06-28 00:00:00 John Olsen This is a great book to read during the beginning of the school year to help children adjust to the new experience of going to school. Children often go through anxiety due to the new routines and having to be around people that they don't know. Hearing this story is a way to open up the conversation about what to expect, how fun school can be and how children may be afraid, but they don't have to be. We would discuss which routines mentioned in the book are ones that the children experience each day, including family goodbyes and modes of transportation. The pictures are very elaborate, colorful, intriguing and nicely drawn. Using dinosaurs to describe it all is an interesting way to break the ice in the classroom and keep children's interest.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-06-19 00:00:00 James Pace I love this book! I would read this book to my Pre-K students. This book makes great discussion on the the first day of school and you can extend it to a math graphing activity as well. You could see how many children rode the bus, rode in a car or some other type of transportation. You could also have the children participate in an open ended discussion about some ways that their routine is the same as the dinosaurs and some ways that it is different.