The Best Dinosaur Songs for Kids:
Featuring The Dinosaur Collection!
When you think of “Dinosaur songs for kids,” do you think of Barney? Even though the big purple guy will always have a special place in our collective hearts, I’m here to tell you that there are so many other great musical Dino options out there. For this week’s blog, we’re looking at the best songs about dinosaurs from The Music Class and beyond!
Brontosaurus
Let’s start with one of The Music Class songs that has a very funny story: “Brontosaurus.” Did you know that for more than a century, scientists didn’t think Brontosauruses actually existed?
“The first of the Brontosaurus genus was named in 1879 by famed paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh... In 1903, however, paleontologist Elmer Riggs found that Brontosaurus was apparently the same as the genus Apatosaurus, which Marsh had first described in 1877. In such cases the rules of scientific nomenclature state that the oldest name has priority, dooming Brontosaurus to another extinction.” *full article here
Then, in the spring of 2015, scientists said wait it’s back! They spent years researching and combing through fossils to ultimately decide that Brontosauruses were different enough from Apatosauruses to be named their own species. Thus the “Thunder Lizard” survived to thunder through another day! All of this had an unusually significant effect on The Music Class team – who were busy re-recording “Brontosaurs” due to the insistence of our own Dino advocate Ms. Jen who had been telling Rob for years that Brontosauruses weren’t real. We had just finished the process of renaming and re-recording the song in 2015 – right before it was announced that Brontosauruses were, in fact, a real thing. Below you will find an EXCLUSIVE, NEVER BEFORE RELEASED CLIP of the “Apatosaurus” verse now doomed to never make it onto The Dinosaur Collection.
Sam the Dinosaur
The other Music Class Dino song that has absolutely zero scientific accuracy is “Sam the Dinosaur!” It tells the story of a dinosaur named Sam who is afraid of a mouse. Sam is minding his own business sweeping the floor, and swimming in his pool, and looking for a snack, when the mouse shows up and causes him to run, screaming, away from his housework. A story like this could only have come from the wild imagination of me (Raina) as a 9-year-old. This is one of the songs that I wrote as a kid! It makes me so happy to sing this song with my classes now and see how much the children still love it. :) Please enjoy my class’s video of “Sam the Dinosaur” and join in acting out the song with us!!
The Johnny Cash Dinosaur Song
Did you know Johnny Cash wrote a Dinosaur song? It’s exactly what you’d imagine when you think ‘Johnny Cash wrote a dinosaur song.’ It’s so lovely. Take a listen.
The Land Before Time Theme Song
Get ready for some serious nostalgia watching The Land Before Time Theme Song. One of the great things about having kids is that you get to enjoy the things you loved as a kid all over again, right??
The Jurassic Park Theme Song (by The Piano Guys)
More nostalgia! The Jurassic Park theme song! I love this beautiful video from The Piano Guys.
Life Finds A Way from Jurrasic World
This Jurassic World song, “Life Finds a Way,” is a banger. It is going to get stuck in your head. Enjoy!!
The Dinosaurs Song
This very cool, bluesy dinosaur song is also excellent. My favorite line is; “Dinosaurs, big as trees, Dinosaurs, brains like peas.”
We Are The Dinosaurs
This song was suggested by the fabulous Ms. Erica from My First Music Discovery Class! Ms. Erica says her class loves to march around and act out this song! Try it out!!