Dr. Seuss Math Activities for the Classroom

Just because Dr. Seuss is celebrated with reading, doesn’t mean you can’t add a Seuss spin to other classroom activities. There are lots of great math games and activity ideas out there! Here are a few easy ones to check out for Seuss week and beyond.

Ten Apples Up On Top is a classic book to pair with easy math, and Learning Here N There has an easy activity based on it using a felt board. Or you can make apple blocks to stack and count as you read the story, like these from What We Can Do with Paper and Glue. If you don’t have bulletin board apples handy, you could find an apple printable to cut out and color for this purpose.

Using dot markers to decorate a red fish and blue fish isn’t necessarily a math activity, but it’s an easy thing to count the dots as you mark them or count how many dots are on each fish after you color them. Get the printables from The Resourceful Mama.

These Cat in the Hat math mats are colorful and fun. There are sheets for rolling dice, adding the numbers and covering up the solution on the hat, as well as one where you can make patterns with red and white pompoms, buttons, colored beans or other objects. Grab these from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Upcycle an egg carton and make an art project into math with this Yertle the Turtle math activity from There’s Just One Mommy.

Speaking of combining crafts and math, grab some craft sticks to make simple math manipulatives like these from Lalymom. You can punch stars to add to the ends for counting, pattern making and other activities, or you can draw shapes on the ends or use stickers. You could also make shapes or letters with the sticks and then count the number of stars or marks on them. Or just see what your child does with them!