Miss Mari's Preschool
An Adventure Every Day!
Dr Seuss
Books
Activities
Cat in the Hat
Ten Apples Up on Top
Horton Hears a Who
The Foot Book
Green Eggs and Ham
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Another thing I LOVE to do is make real green eggs and ham. I love the look on the students' faces, and their surprise when they actually like it. I give each student an egg and help them crack it in a little bowl. Then they add some deli ham that I have cut into small squares. Finally, they put a dot of green food coloring in it and mix it all around. Then they dump it in my pan and I cook it while they are at recess. Before they go to recess I have them all predict whether or not they are going to like the green eggs and ham by writing their name and placing it under their prediction. After they eat the green eggs and ham I change the question to "Did you like green eggs and ham?" and have them move their name to their answer. Then at closing circle we talk about how many people changed their mind. It's lots of fun!
Ten Apples Up on Top
One of my favorite Dr Seuss activities! This year we worked on sequencing, so each student got a stack of apples with the numbers 1-10 already written on them. All they had to do was glue them on in the correct order. To make it harder, you can have the students write the numbers by themselves and then sequence them.
The Foot Book
Students measure items in the classroom with their feet.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
I hide fishbowls around the school/classroom. Students find the fishbowls and count the fish in the bowl. Then they write the number down on their worksheet. They love wandering around the school looking for the fishbowls. It's very exciting for them. Each fish bowl has a variety of different colored fish in it. As you can see from the printable below, at the first fish bowl students are counting big blue fish, the second fish bowl they are counting small orange fish, and so on.
Green Eggs and Ham
I use this story as an intro to rhyming since it's very repetitive. Once the students have heard the rhymes a few times, I leave out some words and see if they can fill them in with the correct rhyme. I've also tried to make it more engaging by giving my students a stick puppet with a picture of the rhyming word on it and telling them to raise their picture in the air when we say it. This ensures that they listen to the story and pay attention to the rhymes. Below is a picture of my stick puppets.
Cat in the Hat
After reading the book, my students make their own Cat in the Hat. I have the cat's head and hat already cut out, but they have to cut out the bow tie. I also let them choose their own pattern for the cat's hat (they didn't have to do the traditional red/white).