Dr Seuss

Nothing beats Dr. Seuss week! The kids love it, and I love it, there are so many fun books to read and things to do. It's so hard to narrow down which books to choose.


Dramatic Play

We just played house because we hadn't in awhile. It's not necessarily themed, but they didn't seem to mind, and just enjoyed playing.

Blocks

Mega blocks

Stuffed pets


Art

Baking soda and colored vinegar. This is a favorite sensory experience. I only have 6 spots at the table, but the kids were so good at sharing since they all wanted a turn. The kids who didn't have a chair were able to stand a still get a turn to share a tray so they could play too. After all the colored vinegar was gone, I sent them off the play, dumped out the trays, and refilled them. The ones who had to stand got chairs first, then others joined and they got to do it again. This is such a cheap and easy, and fun, experience! They strengthen their small motor skills with the droppers, explore cause and effect with the baking soda and vinegar reaction, and mix colors.


 
Glitter and glue. The ONE day a year we'll do glitter, and now it's done! Sorry your child's backpack is still covered in it. It never leaves, but they love it and I had pictures drying on every spare space in the room.


Oobleck, with the book Bartholomew and the Oobleck. It's just cornstarch and water, which makes a non-newtonian goop. It's a solid if you're applying pressure, and a liquid if you let it go. It's super fun to play in! And for kids who have hated slime, they loved this.



Small Manipulatives

Horton the elephant cards with "trunk" links


Bristle blocks


Pom pom sorting with tweezers


I replaced the pocket charts with an alphabet chart for the rest of the year, so they can practice their letters and beginning sounds.


Writing

Dr Seuss stickers

Dr Seuss stamps



Snack

green eggs and ham, of course!

Outside

The snow is back (boo!) but the kids have loved it. I've made colored water in recycled bottles each day and they love painting the snow!



Large Group

We learned the word "illustrator" this week, and reviewed "author" too, since Dr Seuss and Jen Brett are bother authors and illustrators. We also learned about the unique things in Dr. Seuss's books, like rhyming, and his silly made up characters and pictures.

Day 1, we read Horton Hatches the Egg, then played a rhyming game. Each child had a card with a word, and they had to find the other child with a word that rhymed. We played it several times. They are great rhymers!

Day 2, we read Cat in the Hat and talked about patterns, like the red and white pattern on his hat, then they made hats by coloring a pattern.

Day 3, we read Horton Hears a Who and sorted our "clovers" or pom pom balls by color and size. They had to lift them with tweezers for added fine motor skills.

Small Group

I read "My Many Multi-colored Days," and one group made a picture together. I had different colored paints with people sponge stamps in them, and they worked as a group to make a big mural.

The other group did a fishing activity after reading "1 Fish 2 Fish Red Fish Blue Fish."  After fishing for magnetic fish, they put them in order, 1-10.