Dr. Seuss is one of my favorite children’s authors because his stories both captivate the attention of young children and teach important literary concepts such as rhyming and alliteration…all while telling a great story!
Another great element of Dr. Seuss’s books is their ability to be transformed once the book itself is closed! All of the Dr. Seuss activities below are based on his beloved books and are hands-on and lots of fun!
Make your own “Cat in the Hat” hats using cheap paper plates!
Write letters in shaving cream after reading Dr. Seuss’s ABC’s
Play this fun game after reading The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
Make some fun glasses before reading I Can Read with My Eyes Shut
Recreate Ten Apples Up on Top with some household supplies
Make some delicious deviled Green Eggs and Ham!
Have some fun with slimy oobleck after reading Bartholomew and the Oobleck.
Use the book Please Try to Remember the First of Octember to introduce your child to the calendar.
Bartholomew and the Oobleck Magic Art Activity (free printable)
Make your own truffula trees after reading The Lorax.
Create this fishbowl craft using corn syrup after reading One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.
Build the Cat’s Hat: Easily differentiated for various skills like counting, patterning, word families, and more!
Ten Apples Up on Top Fine Motor Activity
Dr. Seuss Printable Lunch notes
Here are some great ideas from other blogs:
One Fish, Two Fish Printable Placemat and Activity from Obseussed
Green Eggs and Ham Pretzel Treat from The Girl Who Ate Everything
Cat in the Hat Ice Cream Snack from Motherhood on a Dime
Fizzy Footprints (inspired by The Foot Book) from Toddler Approved
Sort goldfish by color after reading One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish with free printables from Celebrate Every Day with Me.
Do you have any fun activities to go along with a Dr. Seuss book??? Share your link here:
We are hosting a Dr Seuss link up today for our Virtual Book Club since Dr Seuss is our featured author this month. Come link up your posts if you have time Jenae. Here is my post from today inspired by The Foot Book. http://www.toddlerapproved.com/2013/02/fizzy-footprints-dr-seuss-virtual-book.html
I just posted a tutorial for making a Tweetle Beetle Battle Bottle Game to go along with a reading of Fox in Socks!
http://www.madincrafts.com/2013/02/dr-seuss-activity-make-fox-in-socks.html
Simple Activity: Stacking Like the Cat in the Hat
http://oldnewlegacy.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/stacking-like-the-cat-in-the-hat/
Thanks so much for sharing my ‘1 Fish’ placemats Jenae. You have fabulous Dr. Seuss ideas. I’ll be pinning these posts.
Love these ideas! We haven’t read The Sneetches yet, but after seeing your fun activity to go with it, I’m really excited to do so! We did a few activities for The Cat in the Hat this week. Feel free to take a peek here –> http://momstotschool.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-cat-in-hat-by-dr-seuss.html and thanks if you do!
I threw a Dr. Seuss party for my 2-year-old a few years ago, so there are some fun ideas at that post!
http://www.vanderbiltwife.com/2010/11/dr-seuss-birthday-party/
We just made a Dr. Seuss inspired reading chart to keep track of books that our kindergartner is reading. http://www.momendeavors.com/2013/02/diy-dr-seuss-inspired-reading-chart.html
And, we made an adorable family foot book! :) http://www.momendeavors.com/2011/03/make-your-own-foot-book.html
We Created our own Wockets in our Pockets!!! My kids made up their own creatures, names and places in our home for them to live!! Check it our here…..
http://www.fivelittlechefs.com/2013/02/dr-seuss-craft.html
Thanks!!
Jenny, I just saw your comment! We did this earlier today too…great minds think alike! There will be a post on our experience tomorrow. :)
How to make crazy Dr. Seuss hats:
http://susanevans.org/blog/crazy-dr-seuss-hats/
I have 3 posts with free Dr. Seuss printables that I’ve created….some new and some old. Hopefully someone finds some materials that they can use!!