Celebrating Dr. Seuss round-up

By Laura Eldredge

We are quickly approaching March 2nd ... and as teachers, many of us know that to be the birthday of the one and only Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka "Dr. Seuss")!  It's not surprising that the National Education Association (NEA) has chosen this date to celebrate Read Across America Day.  Read Across America Day is a day when many schools, libraries and community groups across the country celebrate with read-alouds and literacy activities for children of all ages.

Will you be celebrating this day at your school, child care center, library or home?  Need some fun preK-K activities to go along with the reading of your favorite Dr. Seuss books?  I've compiled a list of a few of my favorite stories, paired along with activities, that I've seen from around the web. 

The Cat in the Hat 

A true classic!  There are so many things you can do to extend the learning with this book, like making cat in the hat "hats" (patterning), rhyming activities and discussions on teamwork and putting things away (oh those messy "things"!).

  
Here are a few great activities to go along with this book:

• Dr. Seuss on the loose - painting striped hats, rhyming activities (from Little Illuminations)
• Cat in the Hat fruit snack (from Muffin Tin Mom)
• Parade of "Things" (from Joyfully Weary)
• "Thing" popsicle stick puppets (from Toddler Approved)
• Cat in the Hat "hats" from TP rolls (from Stuff by Ash)

Green Eggs and Ham

One of my favorite Dr. Seuss stories! 

Here are a few great activities to go along with this book:

• Green Eggs & Ham craft (from Teach Preschool)
• Green Eggs & Ham activity box (from Teach Preschool)
• Making and eating Green Eggs & Ham (from Teach Preschool)
• Green Eggs & Ham song and pj day (from Little Illuminations)
• Green Eggs & Ham placemat (from education.com)

And, check out this FUN video clip of "Mr. David" as he puts a playful hip-hop spin on "Green Eggs and Ham"!

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Great for counting, rhyming and color recognition (all wrapped up into one)!

Here are a few great activities to go along with this book:

• One fish, two fish graphing (from Oopsey Daisy)
• One fish, two fish math activities (from Living Montessori Now - here on preK+K blog)
• One fish, two fish snack (from Simple Girl)
• Colorful bowl of fish (from Toddler Approved)

PreK + K sharing SUESS-ical roundup!

Want more of Dr. Seuss?  Here are a couple of other Dr. Seuss-inspired posts from our preK + K sharing blog:

• Dress for the occasion in early childhood (Ayn makes "green eggs and ham" in her pjs!)
• Fun books for PreK and K (featuring a few Seuss titles)

Also check out:

• Dr. Seuss Pinterest board (The SEEDS Network)
• Seussville.com
• Printable Seuss bookmarks (from Michaels)
• Links to free Dr. Seuss-style fonts (from Coolest family on the block)

Laura Eldredge is a teacher and curriculum coordinator at a NAEYC accredited early childhood program in Connecticut. She also co-founded the website The SEEDS Network, as a way to provide early childhood professionals with ideas and resources that support them in their quest to provide quality care and education to our youngest learners. She blogs at www.theseedsblog.com.

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