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Design Your Own Socks for Dr Seuss Week

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Dr. Seuss, beloved author and illustrator, has captured the hearts and imaginations of generations with his whimsical characters and colorful illustrations. His stories have taught us valuable lessons about friendship, courage, and the power of imagination.

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And now, fans of Dr. Seuss can express their love for his work in a new way – through their feet!

It seems like just about every place that participates in Read Across America Week includes a crazy sock day in honor of Fox in Socks. My daughter’s school always does, and this would be a fun activity to add for kids on a wacky sock day.

This week-long event encourages fans of all ages to design and decorate their own pair of socks inspired by Dr. Seuss’ iconic illustrations.

From the mischievous Cat in the Hat to the charming Horton the Elephant, the possibilities for sock designs are endless. Whether you prefer bold colors or subtle hues, intricate patterns or simple designs, this event is a chance to let your creativity run wild and show off your unique style.

Sloan Did It on Teachers Pay Teachers has a cute printable you can grab for just $1 that allows kids to design their own crazy socks, and you can use it to start to tell a story about the kind of person who might wear those socks or what caused the child to want to design the socks in that way.

This is a fun activity to do together as a class and share or have in the art or writing center for kids to do on their own. Grab it from Teachers Pay Teachers.

[Photo: Sloan Did It.]

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Earth Day Printables and Activities

I know doing printables for Earth Day doesn’t sound very eco friendly, but it does give you a chance to talk to kids about how you can make the classroom or the home a little greener by only printing what you need, using low ink or only black and white printing, printing on the back of other pages, using recycled paper and recycling what you can when you are done.

These Earth Day printables help kids learn about Earth Day or use earth designs.

Pre-K Pages has Earth Day math printables, including a dice rolling game with a recycling theme, graphing, number grouping and sequencing activities.

123 Homeschool 4 Me has a variety of printables for Earth Day including writing prompts, plant life cycle worksheets and links to other activities.

A Dab of Glue will Do has a little printable emergent reader book that explores the basics of Earth Day and some things we can all do to be kind to the planet. You can print it in color or black and white and have kids color it themselves.

Speaking of coloring pages, Preschool Mom has a collection of coloring pages with color versions that you can use as posters in the classroom as well as having kids color the black and white ones.

I love all the printable hands on activities from Differentiated Kindergarten, which help kids build fine motor skills with an Earth Day twist. You’ll find printable mats for use with playdough, geo boards, snap cubes, pattern blocks and Legos, as well as a Q-tip painting activity. You can get these when you sign up for emails.

Here are a few more quick printable Earth Day activities for your kiddos:

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