The Cat in the Hat, Fox in Socks, There a Wocket in My Pocket, Oh, the Places You’ll Go…The list of books by Dr. Seuss is endless!
Tuesday, March 2 is Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Schools across the country will be celebrating Read Across America week with literacy activities inspired by the characters in favorite Dr. Seuss books.
Since the celebration of reading and love of books will continue during March as America Reads month, you can celebrate by reading your child’s favorite Dr. Seuss books and use the following links to access interactive websites, printable worksheets, free downloadable Dr. Seuss books, and activities that will inspire you to bring Read Across America and America Reads into your own home.
Previously featured as a Tech Savvy Mama Website of the Week, Seussville is called Dr. Seuss’ cyberspace world and is filled with interactive games based on characters from Dr. Seuss books. Here are some of my favorite games:
- Seussville Storymaker features characters from Horton Hears a Who. Fluent readers and writers, get to practice their story writing skills to create a 3 scene story between various Horton Hears a Who characters. Students begin by typing their name and the title of their story then select background, characters, music, and text before typing what they would like the selected characters to say to each other.
- Diffendoofer Teachers Have Lost Their Rooms can reinforce reading comprehension skills. In this game, children need to read the text that appears on the screen describing each of the Diffendoofer Teachers. Based on what is read, they click on a door, listen for a sound, and try to match the teacher to the appropriate classroom.
- One Fish Two Fish Concentration– A Memory-like game with your favorite fish from One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
- Fox in Socks Word Puzzle Game– A game that requires children to look at the picture and write a sentence based on what they see. The game gets tricky!
- To see my recommendations for Seussville games designed specifically for beginning and more fluent readers, click here.
The Scholastic website has a comprehensive list of activities based on favorite Dr. Seuss stories that help teach math and reading skills in a fun way. Here are my picks for the best of Scholastic’s offerings:
- Playing Guess Who! with Horton Hears a Who, The Sneetches, The Cat in the Hat, or Yertle the Turtle
- Creating story maps or discuss the different parts of the story with books like And To Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street
- Making a picture dictionary using Dr. Seuss’ made up words
- Practicing math by making One Fish, Two Fish patterned headbands
- Having a discussion about valuing diversity after reading The Butter Battle Book
- Reinforcing math concepts like graphing and analyzing data using the 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins
- Click here for ideas for On Beyond Zebra, Green Eggs and Ham, There’s a Wocket in My Pocket, and Happy Birthday to You
Print out some fun crafty activities to Cat-in-the-Hatify your house:
- Play I Spy with Diffendoofer characters
- Cat in the Hat maze
- Cat in the Hat door hanger
- Certificates, bookmarks, and a Read Across America poem, readers’ oath, and proclamation from the National Educator’s Association (NEA) website
If you want to learn more about the real Dr. Seuss, here’s some background information about the famous Theodor Seuss Geisel including the real story about why he started using an alias. Hint: Drinking party at Dartmouth! Yes, really!
This post was inspired by this month’s Yahoo MotherBoard topic about celebrating reading during America Reads month. To read what the moms of Yahoo are saying about kids, careers, and balancing the two, visit their Yodeling Mamas blog for a glimpse into their digital and domestic lives.
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Smiling Mama says
This is great! Lucas has just gotten into Dr. Seuss!
galugo says
I would love a good recipe for green eggs and (veggie) ham!
Infant Bibliophile says
I just found your great post. Feel free to stop by my site and post a linkback to it in the “Mr. Linky” section of the Seuss post I’ve set up! http://infantbibliophile.blogspot.com/2009/03/happy-birthday-dr-seuss-book-reviews.html
Asianmommy says
How cute! I never knew about Seussville–we’re going to have to check that out.
james007 says
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teachmama says
Wow. Love it, Leticia–if I may, could I share this post on ‘we teach’?
How totally awesome. I may even beg, plead, and cry for you to let me re-post on teachmama. What do you think? :*)
Victor | UPrinting says
My Niece is such a Dr. Seuss fan. She love watching Horton hears a who and the Cat in the Hat. I am still hunting online for a cheap The Grinch DVD 🙂
Cheryl says
This was an awesome post. I enjoyed reading it. What cuties you have there, too. Oh man, I didn’t serve green eggs and ham today. Well my daughter did eat eggs this morning and they were green (the shell was) does that count?
Bonggamom says
What a great set of links. Thanks for compiling it all!
jeanne says
This is a great Dr. Seuss toolkit. Thanks for sharing!