Pre-history for Kindergarten?

[RoundAbout]

In preparation for doing SOTW in first grade I was thinking of doing a pre-history unit for Kindergarten. This would include all of the things that 5 year-old boys already love: the planets, basic geology, dinosaurs, the ice age, and early man.

 

Any one done this and/or have any fabulous resources they can suggest? We are secular.

[sagira]

We did this as a summer prehistory course using Usborne History Encyclopedia as our spine - it has 100 pages on prehistory :)

 

Ds still enjoys Aliki's Fossils book. He also has a dinosaur encyclopedia replete with pictures.

Edited May 9, 2012 by sagira

[Punchie]

This might be helpful: :)

 

http://www.dottiesuniverse.blogspot.com/p/prehistory-and-dinosaur-lesson-plan.html

 

I'm in the process of figuring out a pre-history unit for my DD. I've been meaning to since Jan, but trying to find the time and figure everything out has been hard.

[Miss Tick]

One thing I thought was helpful was the History of the Earth Timeline. They used toilet paper (too fragile), I used fabric scraps (not worth the effort), my Dad used a roll of register paper. We unrolled it down the hall, and then on through most of the upstairs. We read (highlights from) a section of The Beginning, by Peter Ackroyd and then walked along the timeline. Having it all laid out helped impress how long a period we were discussing.

[SilverFirefly]

:bigear:

 

I'm also in the middle of putting together a prehistory study for my DS. So I am all ears...

 

I am using the Prehistory section of the Usborne Encyclopedia of World History as a spine.

 

I'm looking at the following sites for ideas and resources:

 

http://satorismiles.com/curriculum/prehistory/

http://awakeningwonder.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/prehistory-study-instructor-notes/

http://evolvedhomeschooling.blogspot.com/2007/08/picture-books-and-read-aloud-books-on.html

http://www.charliesplayhouse.com/childrens-books.php

http://www.funschooling.net/2008/09/our-prehistory-timeline-year-1-weeks-3.html

http://www.teachingstars.com/tag/prehistory/

http://www.dottiesuniverse.blogspot.com/p/prehistory-and-dinosaur-lesson-plan.html

[Twilight Woods]

I was looking at this to use during the summer

[ksoika]

In preparation for doing SOTW in first grade I was thinking of doing a pre-history unit for Kindergarten. This would include all of the things that 5 year-old boys already love: the planets, basic geology, dinosaurs, the ice age, and early man.

 

Any one done this and/or have any fabulous resources they can suggest? We are secular.

 

In addition to dinosaurs and fossils, we read through lots of In The Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World and Kipling's Just So Stories. Both were a wonderful introduction to longer and more complex stories.

[*Lulu*]

The Bill Nye book on dinosaurs was a huge hit here when DS did pre-history as a k-er. It has several great hands on projects.

 

We also did a jello fossil record that the kids enjoyed. (It looks cool, but is just several layers of different colored jello with different stuff in each layer. It helped DS with the concept that the deeper we went in the cup, the older the things were.)

 

I almost forgot, there was also a book called Jurassic Poop that DS found very amusing and informative.

[ekfk]

To teach about early man, The Best Book of Early People is excellent. My daughter loved it at the age of 5. The Cartoon History of the Earth is also really good for younger kids. Good Times Travel Agency Adventures in the Ice Age and Andrew Lost In the Ice Age are both fun ways to learn about the ice age. They teach in story format.