We’re Searching for a Dinosaur – Gift!
We’re Searching for a Dinosaur is inspired by the book, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Invite your students to join in with the chant and actions to this rhythmic story to help them warm up their bodies.
Why use this resource?
- To help children develop a strong sense of pulse.
- To warm up and self regulate using movement.
- To challenge students to think about how sound is produced on their instrument.
- To meet our loveable character, Stringosaurus
Who is it for?
Teachers, take a look at the Teaching Ideas pack first before the lesson.
Listen to the audio before reading the book so you can feel the rhythm of the words.
I hope you enjoy this video clip!!
*Sign up for the entire package including the full interactive video and the PowerPoint version + 70 amazing resources and growing! Don’t forget you will also receive the added bonus of community support with Laura.
When to use it?
Share this story and audio with your own personal students in their first few lessons.
How to use it?
Use this story as a way to introduce the stringed instrument to your students and as a discussion point for tone quality, vibration and timbre.
For children/groups that need to liven up, encourage students to make a big loud roar.
For children/groups that need to calm down, encourage students to mime a silent roar.
Special thanks to Andy Carr for his help with the sound production.
Special thanks to Justino Perez for your support.
Are you ready to immediately transform your early childhood string teaching?
You know you want to create success for yourself and your students, that is why you are here, looking for ways to improve and grow. We can all agree that teaching beginners is hugely complex and challenging. Add early childhood to the mix and the idea of success may feel distant, overwhelming and exhausting.
- How do you keep their attention?
- How do you pace getting great technical outcomes whilst keeping lessons interesting and fun?
- How do you ensure that children are being trained as musicians as well as string players?
- Does structuring and scaffolding skills feel overwhelmingly complex?
You have invested a great deal of time and money into your music education and you know that you can definitely connect with, inspire and educate so many children. You have so much passion and information to share!
You wish you had a plan, some guidance and inspiration. A new lease of energy. A new sense of confidence in working with this age group. A feeling of being supported without being judged. Free to be true to yourself and focus on your area of brilliance – connecting with and serving your students.
The Stringosaurus Resources Hub
… and teaching community is transformational. My highly sought after resources and bespoke support and community package focuses on what you need to build a thriving studio of early childhood learners.
- Teachers feel personally valued and supported.
- There is a real sense of community.
- New, amazing resources launched monthly into the hub.
- November – March 2021 – 2022 new releases as shown in video.
I’m here to help you
I have collated resources that are pedagogy GOLD! (Disguised as fun games, songs and stories).
I value QUALITY… it’s super important to me! So much so that this library will be a living process.
I love the feeling of being organised! I have grouped the resources comprehensively to take the thinking out of your planning.
I am a big advocate for teaching the whole child and my resources reflect this.
These resources are designed to make your life that bit easier! Dip in and out in any way which best suits you and your students’ learning or use as a comprehensive curriculum for beginners.
Feel supported. Join my tight-knit community where you are supported and valued.
If you want to inspire and engage with your students immediately and feel fully supported in your teaching, then the Stringosaurus Resources Hub membership is an opportunity you do not want to miss.
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Amazing new resources being added monthly! This hub and community is evolving and transformational.
Don’t just take my word for it!
“Laura – I wanted to put a little post up to say THANK YOU for creating the wonderful Stringosaurus Resource Hub!! I have had SO much fun using this in my early years violin lessons… I have a number of students aged between 3-5 years old and the Stringosaurus material is just perfect for this age group (and older!), as well as working incredibly well along the Stringbabies approach. It’s been fantastic to have fresh resources so easily accessible in the hub and it’s definitely helped me to keep lessons fun and engaging.
A few of the songs and games I’ve used so far are Funny Kinda Reindeer, Laugh and Cheer, Nativity Strumming and The Dino in my Kitchen Rhyme and the Puppy Dog Arm Swings.
I’ll definitely be using even more Stringosaurus material next term – I’m particularly excited about the new open string play-along! Thank you.”
SANCHA F-VIDLER
U.K.
This could be you too!
Meet
Stringosaurus
He is the central character to our play-based curriculum! The children learn solid, proven technical principles and build strong foundations both on the violin and as whole, well rounded musicians.
Stringosaurus uses a magical combination of play, games, singing and story-telling and dinosaurs to reach our aim.
The Stringosaurus Approach
Stringosaurus has been meticulously designed to be age appropriate, taking into consideration developmental milestones for Early Years children. Research shows the importance of play to enrich a child’s brain, body and life. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) conducted a study which outlined the importance of play. It found that play reduced toxic stress and developed prosocial cognition and executive function in children. Educators are realising that play and inquiry based learning are crucial to the well being of Early Years children.
Having a curriculum that values the ‘whole child’ is vital. Through music we encourage children to develop their creativity and intelligence. Through play and by sparking the child’s imagination, we as teachers are able to form connections with our students which opens up a world of laughter and play where your students can seamlessly learn and be thoroughly engaged. Connection is the magic ingredient which is key to a beautiful learning experience.
Meet
Laura
Laura started exploring her creative freedom by beginning a musical journey in the West Country, England, at the age of eight years, and since then, she has never turned back from her love for the violin.
Trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Laura discovered her passion for teaching. She is now based in sunny Perth, Western Australia.
Driven by her curiosity for Early Childhood String Education, Laura loves to recreate music in a bevy of imaginative ways to connect with children, as well as research the most rewarding musical practices and pedagogy. Due to Laura’s extensive work, she is sought after to provide professional development locally and internationally.
Laura initiated her dream project in the form of “Stringosaurus”, a signature musical set of high quality, early years teaching resources that are cherished widely, not only by her students but by violin teachers from across the globe as an online resources hub and community.
In her leisure time, Laura loves to spend time with her two mischievous girls and learns to compose musical archives with her hubby, who still has his audio wizardry skill set, right from his DJ days.
Why a Resources Hub?
There has never been a better time to have the flexibility of an e-resources hub! Whether you are teaching in person or suddenly thrown into online teaching, these resources will be a life saver!
Have you ever found that you often need to supplement your beginner books with extra materials? Then you end up spending your precious time searching the internet for quality resources and even end up having to write your own supplements!
Or maybe you are bored with using the same resources and teaching ideas over and over again and you’re ready for something fresh?
Stringosaurus is here to save you time and energy. We will be updating our resources on a monthly basis so that the library always remains fresh and exciting so keep checking it regularly!
Who is this for?
Violin teachers, this library was written for you and your beginner students to enjoy together. String teachers, there are oodles and oodles of resources here for you and you can adapt these resources specifically for your instrument. There are even play-along videos and storybooks for children to enjoy at home with their parents.
When to use the hub?
Use all the amazing resources, (visuals, activity sheets, songs, stories and videos) in all your early childhood violin/string lessons!
This hub is the place you come to when you need inspiration and practical ideas that are easy and quick to implement into lessons.
There will be new resources that will be pedagogy gold released every month which you won’t want to miss out on – keep your eyes peeled!
How to use the hub?
These can be used as supplements to other methods or they hold their own as a fantastic beginner curriculum.
- Delve into each category systematically, in the order displayed.
- Dip in and out of categories to search for the best resources for your students.
- Join our online, tight-knit community on Facebook to be the first to hear about our new monthly resources, to share those breakthrough moments, and to ask for support with your teaching. I truly believe, we are better together.
Here’s what you get when you join us
clarity on early childhood needs
tools to help students focus
watch your students gain a greater understanding and awareness of how their body works
clear direction on sequenced and well structured lesson content
characters that you and your students love
professional development in 2-5 minute videos
violin and bow set-up activities and games which are pedagogy gold
gain confidence and self-belief in teaching this age group
create joy with stories, interactive videos, activity packs and fun and easy pieces, all of which you can download and send to your individual students
Future Teachosauri…
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- 80+ GAME-CHANGING teaching resources
- Tap into Laura's creative genius
- Network with our Teachosauri community
- Call yourself a Teachosaurus! Ha ha
- 12 new game-changing early childhood violin resources added on a month by month basis
Any questions?
Violin teachers, this library was written for you and your beginner students to enjoy together. String teachers, there are oodles and oodles of resources here for you and you can adapt these resources specifically for your instrument. There are even play-along videos and storybooks for children to enjoy at home with their parents.
Stringosaurus is flexible. You can easily cancel your account. There are no cancellation fees – start or stop your account at any time. Please note that refunds are not available if you choose to cancel your account before the end of your subscription period. Even after canceling your subscription, you’ll still have access to our quality resources for the duration of your subscription period.
You pay the amount you signed up for, for the duration of your subscription. If you cancel the subscription and want to re-sign up, it will be at the most current price as advertised on the site.
No! With our paid membership, the resource library is available for you to access at any time. Regarding the community calls, we will try to find a time for the live calls that work for most people. If it doesn’t work for you, you can always email me questions to include in our discussion. The videos will be recorded and available for you to watch later. There will also be a tight-knit online community group available for paid members to ask as many questions as you like and to share those exciting breakthrough moments.
There has never been a better time to have the flexibility of an e-resources hub! Whether you are teaching in person or suddenly thrown into online teaching, these resources will be a life saver!
Have you ever found that you often need to supplement your beginner books with extra materials? Then you end up spending your precious time searching the internet for quality resources and even end up having to write your own supplements!
Or maybe you are bored with using the same resources and teaching ideas over and over again and you’re ready for something fresh?
Stringosaurus is here to save you time and energy. We will be updating our resources on a monthly basis so that the library always remains fresh and exciting so keep checking it regularly!
You can pay for your subscription securely via credit card or PayPal. You have total control over your account via our website and can cancel at any time, giving you security and peace-of-mind.
Early childhood, in this instance, 3-7 years as a general rule of thumb. You could certainly adapt resources for older beginners too.
These resources are for complete beginners, or beginners needing a range of material in order to retain new information. We break down extremely complex skills into tiny steps, to allow you to scaffold for the benefit of your students.
These videos are on average around 5 minutes each and are crammed full of implementation and teaching inspiration. These will be 5 minutes of investing in you and your students will love you all the more for it!
Use your internet to log in to the hub, download or access resources anywhere, anytime. Download resources straight from the hub to build your own Stringosaurus library ready to use offline. Take Stringosaurus with you anywhere!
Watch the resources hub grow as we add more unique and exciting resources on a monthly basis. If you’re teaching in person, share the resources with your students on any portable device or on the desktop computer.
If you’re teaching online, screen share the hub with your students. Download and email students specific resources or put your favorites in a shared drive.
Use these resources in your teaching with all your personal students. You can even download resources to email home for your students so they can practice. This is a small, family business and I would appreciate any recommendations to friends and colleagues, but would ask that you keep all resources for just your own teaching and do not sell them or make copies of them.
If you have any troubles viewing or downloading a resource, try opening the hub in a different browser. Chrome is a great choice for viewing the site. If you still need help, just contact Laura and she can directly send you the resource.
The puppet attachments are not for sale at present. We will consider going through the process of designing them to be manufactured if there is enough interest.
