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You are here: Home / Musical Activities For... / Preschoolers / Dinosaur Song for Kids – The Dinosaur Stomp

Dinosaur Song for Kids – The Dinosaur Stomp

February 9, 2022 By Sara Mullett 13 Comments

Here’s a fun dinosaur Song especially for all those budding paleontologists out there!

Many small children have a huge interest in dinosaurs but strangely enough there don’t seem to be that many dinosaur songs around!  These little dino fans often pride themselves with an encyclopedic knowledge of all the different types and names of the dinosaurs.

So I wrote The Dinosaur Stomp  especially with these kids in mind and it’s sung to the traditional tune of The Grand Old Duke of York.

A Dinosaur Song for Kids

The Dinosaur Stomp – Dinosaur Song

Oh Tyrannosaurus Rex,      (hold two hands like dinosaur claws)

He walked on his hind legs,                                         (stomp feet)

He stomped them up to the top of the hill,        (stomp upwards)

And he stomped them down again.                 (stomp downwards)

*

chorus

He was as high as a house,                                      (hold arms up high)

He was as long as whale,                                         (hold arms out wide)

A great big dinosaur, a hundred                        (pretend to be a dinosaur)

Million years ago!                                                (hold hands like claws)

*

Oh the huge Diplodocus,                     (hold arms up like a monster)

He had a great long tail,                                    (swish arm like a tail)

He swished it up to the top of the hill,                    (swish it up high)

And he swished it down again.                           (swish it down low)

*

(chorus)

*

Oh the fierce Triceratops,                  (pretend to be a fierce dinosaur!)

He had three pointed horns, (make pointed fingers like horns on head)

He scared them up to the top of the hill,               (be a scary dinosaur!)

And he scared them down again.                          (continue to be scary!)

*

(chorus)

*

Oh the spiky Stegosaurus,              (make pointy spiky shapes in the air)

He had a spiky spine,                   ( point to pretend spikes on your back)

He marched his spikes to the top of the hill,   (stomp upwards like a dinosaur)

And he marched them down again.                       (stomp downwards again)

*

(chorus)

(Sung to the same tune as Grand Old Duke Of York)

 

Idea For Singing The Song

Each verse focuses on the name and individual features of a different dinosaur. But to make the chorus catchy and easy to remember it’s necessary to generalise and use approximate sizes and dates to help them get an idea of how verty long ago it was, and how huge they really were!

Of course it’s also very easy to simplify this dinosaur song by just substituting the rather impressive names with “a great big dinosaur!” and this will make the song much easier for younger children or perhaps ones who aren’t necessarily dinosaur experts!

A great exercise for older kids is making up a new additional verse – I’m always amazed at their clever and original ideas! So if you get round to adding a verse, do  please share it in the comments section below ๐Ÿ™‚

We love ‘We are the Dinosaurs’ from Little Angel!  It’s got the catchy tune and all the actions but all the different types and characteristics are included too! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

And it’s impossible to stand still to this ‘Dinosaur Stomp’ from Koo Koo Kangaroo!

Check out our Dinosaurs Explorers Lesson Plan for lots more fun with Dino themed musical activities

Educational benefits of Dinosaur Stomp

 

Filed Under: 5+, Action songs, Animal Songs, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Dinosaurs

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Comments

  1. Jill says

    February 14, 2014 at 9:41 pm

    I know a little boy that is crazy for dinos! This will be a huge hit with him.

    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!

    Reply
    • Sara_LetsPlayMusic says

      February 15, 2014 at 10:09 am

      So pleased that it will go down well Jill – thanks again for hosting ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  2. Missy Priebe says

    February 13, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    This is great! I have a dinosaur lover in our house and although he’s not as much into singing as his sisters, I think he will enjoy this song, especially with the fun actions ๐Ÿ™‚ Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
    • Sara_LetsPlayMusic says

      February 15, 2014 at 10:10 am

      Thanks Missy! It is definitely a fun song to get kids moving and singing – lots of fun!

      Reply
  3. Renae says

    February 11, 2014 at 2:52 pm

    Fun! My daughter would love this. Anything with stomping is a hit at our house.

    Reply
    • Sara_LetsPlayMusic says

      February 15, 2014 at 10:10 am

      Thanks Renae – stomping always seems to go down so well!!

      Reply
  4. Sara says

    February 11, 2014 at 5:20 am

    How delightful! My 3yo dinosaur loving son will love this song. Thank you.

    Reply
    • Sara_LetsPlayMusic says

      February 11, 2014 at 9:12 am

      Thanks! It’s definitely one for him then! Have fun with it!

      Reply

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