Celebrating Dr. Seuss in preschool

Celebrating Dr. Seuss in preschool

I may be going out on a limb here, but I imagine almost EVERYONE has a favorite Dr. Seuss story that they remember growing up. My personal favorite Dr. Seuss book is … "Green Eggs and Ham" … hands down! I could recite it by heart! For my children, it’s "The Cat in the Hat".

We are coming up on March 2nd (Dr. Seuss’s birthday) and NEA’S Read Across America Day. Read Across America takes place each year on or near March 2 … and schools and libraries across the country participate by bringing children and books together. This year’s theme is "Read for the Trees", and will showcase the Lorax book as well as NBC/Universal's The Lorax movie.

I have found some wonderful Dr. Seuss activities around the web this week ... so this post is all about sharing some of those great ideas with you!

Some of my favorite preK Dr. Seuss ideas:

     Handprint Things on parade (Joyfully Weary)
     Dr. Seuss creature creator (LaPaz Home Learning)
     Cat in the Hat Fruit Snack (Muffin Tin Mom)
     Cat in the Hat Ice Cream Cone Snack (Motherhood on a Dime)
     Green Eggs and Ham craft (Teach Preschool)
     My Many Colored days door decoration (Room Mom 101)
     One Fish, Two Fish graphing (Oopsey Daisy)

Want more Seuss? Check out ...

     Dr. Seuss Pinterest board
     Seussville.com

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

And be sure to check out your local Target store for "Dr. Seuss Storytime" on Saturday, February 25, 2012 from 9-11am.

Ok, so share … what is YOUR favorite Dr. Seuss book?

Comments

Thank you for listing my graphing activity! A great roundup of ideas!

You are welcome ... I plan to do the graphing activity with our own classes! Love the idea and happy to share it!

A week before Dr. Seuss's birthday, here's a taste of something fun I served up for kids on a TV show in (appropriately) Reading, Pennsylvania. Maybe it'll inspire you to add a little rhythm to your reading. Enjoy… and please share! Here's the URL: http://youtu.be/S5LFyEjfa-4

This is great, David!! I embedded it right in our post! What a great idea to add music WHILE you are reading the story, definitely engaging ... and it fits perfectly with the rhythmic writing of Dr. Seuss!

What a great list of activities. I feel honored that you included our "parade of things". Thank-you!

Happy to share ... your "parade of things" are adorable!