Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

 

March 2nd is the birthday of the master of rhyme-time, Dr. Seuss. Celebrate all week long by reading one of his classic stories each day. For even more fantastic fun, try out some of these activities that follow up on the books!

One Fish, Two Fish

Tint corn syrup blue with food coloring and then paint it onto white paper. Stick on paper fish, no glue needed.

This project will take quite a long time to dry. To finish it off more quickly, cover it with plastic food wrap after it has dried for a couple of hours.

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Daisy Head Maisy

Cut long strips of colored construction paper to make headbands. Crumple various colors of tissue paper to represent flowers and staple them onto the headbands.

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The Foot Book

• ~ Let the children remove their shoes and socks. Use washable markers to draw faces on their toes.
• ~ Have one child lie on the floor, with their feet up in the air. Have another child place a piece of white paper on the bottom of the reclined child's shoe and color over it with a crayon. The crayon will reveal an imprint of the pattern on the sole of the shoe. You'll be surprised at how many cute patterns there are on the bottoms of kid's shoes!
• ~ Have the children remove their shoes. Create different patterns with the shoes, such as tennis shoe, boot, tennis shoe, boot, or pink shoe, brown shoe, blue shoe, pink shoe brown shoe, blue shoe. See how many different patterns you can come up with!

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Cat in the Hat

• ~ Whenever you read this book, it's important to follow up with a discussion on rules for staying home alone. Talk about how this is a "make-believe" story and how kids in the real world need to react differently to a stranger at the door.
• ~ Have a balancing relay race. Each child will need a paper plate with a paper cup set on top of it. Place half of the kids on one side of the room and half on the other side. Remove any obstacles that are in between. At your cue, one child will walk across the room holding the plate and cup. When she reaches the other children, she will stack her plate and cup on top of another child's, and then that person will walk across to the other side, stacking both sets on top of a waiting persons' plate when he gets there. Have the children continue to go back and forth, adding on to the stack, until the plates and cups fall. Then begin again, until everyone has had at least one chance to try. Allow the kid's the time and opportunity to problem solve and strategize different ways to effectively accomplish this task.