This is the week to talk about Green Eggs and Ham and The Lorax with your kids. Why? Well it’s Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2nd. Dr. Theodore Geisel’s wonderful story books deserve a special time to celebrate the silliness of them. Our own collection of Dr. Seuss books are hand-me-downs, some from my own childhood and others from my younger cousins. I love sharing them with my kids and laugh at their questions about all the funny things everywhere. We had a fun Dr. Seuss party and here’s some fun food and decorating ideas.
READ
No question the best way to celebrate Dr. Seuss book’s is to read them. You may be reading aloud with your little ones like us, or you get to listen to young readers work their way through funny phrases. Read Across America Day is this week and there are numerous events to get involved. “Grab Your Hat and Read with the Cat” is the theme of Read Across America week for 2013. Pottery Barn Kids will be hosting a special story time and craft activities to celebrate Dr. Seuss. A “Cat-a-Van” will travel the country stopping at 17 cities to promote literacy and giveaway more than 20,000 books.
Be green and borrow Dr. Seuss books from your local library. If you want to fill in your own collection, Toys R Us has a special buy 2 get the 3rd free sale this week. We also have the Dr. Seuss app from the Apple Store. It’s a collection of stories and it has both the read aloud or read to me functions. I love having these books on hand when we travel!
WATCH
My kids are PBS kids and they love watching The Cat in the Hat. My daughter calls Nick and Sally “friends.” This Friday, there will be two new episodes on PBS Kids. THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT! will feature two brand new episodes. “Rumbly Tumbly / Planet Name Game” features a super shrunken trip into Thing One’s stomach as well as a whirlwind trip to each of the eight planets, and “Top of the Sky / Jiggle Bones” follows the Cat, Nick and Sally as they travel to Audrey the Astronaut’s space station and visit Dr. Giggles to see why bones are important.
LEARN
Use the books as inspiration to do a project with the kids. Here are a few I came across that look fun!
- Create silly photo props. Let the kids take some pictures with their Thing 1 and Thing 2 hair.
- Make Silly Socks. We may need these for “Wacky Wednesday” at preschool this week.
- Who-ville hair anyone?
- Decorate a Lorax door. Talk about the message of The Lorax and share some ways to be green with your kids.
- Handprints Thing 1 and Thing 2.
- Did you know Dr. Seuss is a SigEp? My husband reminds me every time we read one of his books. 😉
Happy Dr. Seuss week! Please share any events or happenings in your school.
And have green eggs and ham and a special reading for breakfast (or dinner)!!! If you don’t want to use food coloring for your eggs, mix in some spinach. (Ps – did you know Dr. Suess went to Dartmouth?! 🙂 )
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