Their plan is to lure Goldilocks into their home, entice her with chocolate pudding, then swoop in for a snack of “delicious chocolate-filled-little-girl-bonbons” while she snoozes on one of their comfy beds. “Once upon a time, there were three Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur, and some other Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway.” Rather than being dupes like those folkloric bears, these three are calculating, methodical-and hungry. Readers of all ages will find much to chuckle about in this wacky retelling.- Kathleen Finn, St. The book’s generous trim size, varied illustrative perspectives, and dramatic text lend this title perfectly to a lively group read-aloud pair it with a traditional version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears to discuss differences and similarities. This is pure Mo Willems, from the many visual gags in the cleanly drawn illustrations and the tight, tongue-in-cheek story line to the endpapers, decorated with dozens of hilarious crossed-out title possibilities. Tired and sleepy, she finds the bedroom but-uh, oh!-overhears the dinosaurs outside gloating, “Delicious chocolate-filled-little-girl-bonbons are yummier when they’re asleep!” Suddenly realizing that she’s in the wrong story, Goldilocks beats a hasty retreat just as the three dinosaurs return licking their lips-and happily finds her way into the right story with the three bears on the last page. Goldilocks, being a heedless little girl who “never listened to warnings about the dangers of barging into strange, enormous houses,” does just that and proceeds to stuff herself with the dinosaurs’ bait-er, chocolate pudding. Seuss Colors and Play Dough There are so many additional fun DINOSAUR WEEK themed crafts and activities shared by our Dinosaur Week group.This zany addition to the fractured-fairy-tale canon features a yellow-haired Goldilocks in a pink dress and three dinosaurs-Papa, Mama, and “some other Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway.” Arising one morning, the dinosaurs cook their chocolate pudding “at varying temperatures” and intentionally leave the pudding bowls out to lure “a little succulent child” into their home. If you like this play dough mat activity, here are some more play dough activities you might like:Ĭhocolate Shadow Play Dough and Groundhog’s Day ActivitiesĮxploring Dr. He pointed out that dinosaurs thinking about chocolate filled girls would be drooling. JDaniel decided that one of the dinosaurs that we made needed a tongue with saliva dripping off of it. We had to decide on colors that were similar or choose brand new colors for them. We didn’t have the exact colors that were used for the dinosaur’s hair, teeth and nostrils. Papa Dinosaur was made using play dough and a plastic fork. Then they might want to create one of their own. Your children might want to create a dinosaur from the book. I wanted to leave the door open for your children and my son to let their creative juices flow. The rest of the mat was intentionally open-ended. The play dough mats display just the basic large dinosaur pickle shaped head and a set of eyes. They will have a great time creating dinosaurs based on the ones in the book! They also have had a great time coming up with their own dinosaurs. I thought you might want to have your kids make dinosaurs on the play dough mats. Some of the links below are affiliate links. Then JDaniel and I both created dinosaurs based on the book on printable playdough mat. I had the best time listening to JDaniel read his dad and and I the book after dinner last week. I was thrilled when I saw that Goldilocks And the Three Dinosaurs was going to be the Virtual Book Club book this week. My very first classroom was decorated with a dinosaur theme.
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