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Dinosaur Bob And His Adventures With The Family Lazardo

Language: English

The feature book is about a family that goes on a family vacation and finds a dinosaur they name Bob. The family brings Bob back to America where he becomes the talk of the town when it is discovered that he plays baseball. LeVar and viewers join the Oakland Athletics during spring training in Arizona. Professionals give LeVar tips for improving his skills in baseball, and then viewers are off to the stadium to watch fans and the game.

Here are activities to do after watching this episode:

Play Ball

You will need:

  • baseball bat
  • balloons

For a change from the normal way to play baseball, try filling balloons with water and use water balloons for your ball. It would be more fun if you happen to have one of those giant-sized plastic bats, but a regular bat will do. The object is to try to stay dry as well as getting some base hits!

  

Download a Dinosaur

One website offers designs for easy-to-make dinosaurs. These patterns can be downloaded and printed. To make each dinosaur, your child simply cuts out the patterns and glues it together. An entire dinosaur scene can be created with several paper dinosaurs. If your child prefers to create his or her own, let them experiment with folding and cutting paper into dinosaur shapes. Use a variety of different papers to make the creatures look interesting.
The website to visit is:
http://www.rain.org/~phifear/download-a-dinosaur.html

Toss a Ball

Do you have a ball that you can throw back and forth with someone? Playing ball can be a lot of fun. Learning how to throw and catch a ball helps a young child with motor coordination.

If you have good weather and a little space, go outside and spend some time tossing a ball back and forth with your child.

If the weather is not good, or you do not have a place outside to throw a ball, use something soft and round like a nurf ball to toss indoors.

Check out some of these books on your
next trip to the library:

  • Casey At The Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
  • Old Turtle’s Baseball Stories by Leonard Kessler
  • Ronald Morgan Goes To Bat by Patricia Reilly Giff

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