Learning Activities for Dr. Seuss Day

February 27, 2017 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Dr. Seuss’ birthday is celebrated on March 2 each year, and my daughter’s school draws it out into a whole week of celebrations, with theme days related to different books (today: stripes for On Beyond Zebra), green eggs in the cafeteria, even a birthday party.

If you want to add some Seussical fun to your classroom or home activities for Seuss week, here are some great ideas.

Activities

Yertle the Turtle stacking activity — There’s Just One Mommy

Dr. Seuss Printable Math Worksheets — iGame Mom

Hop on Pop Reading and Spelling Game — Teach Beside Me

Stacking the Cat’s Hat STEM Challenge — Little Bins for Little Hands

Wocket in My Pocket Printable Activities — Kiddy Charts

Goldfish Printables (for One Fish, Two Fish) — Tot Schooling

What Pet Should I Get Graphing — Playground Parkbench

Cat in the Hat Math Mats — JDaniel4’s Mom

Roundups

Seuss-Inspired Science Activities — Read Science

Seuss Activities for Older Kids — There’s Just One Mommy

Dr. Seuss Activities for Preschoolers — Growing Book by Book

Free Dr. Seuss Printables — Tot Schooling

Activities for 10 Apples Up on Top — Mama Smiles

Crafts

There’s a Wocket in My Pocket — Munchkins and Moms

One Fish, Two Fish Craft — Glued to My Crafts

Flower Pens — Creations by Kara (these remind me of Truffula trees!)

Dr. Seuss Lunchbox Notes Printables — No Time for Flash Cards

Dr. Seuss Book Inspired Crafts — Resourceful Mama

Are You My Mother Baby Bird Craft — Simple at Home

Yarn Truffula Trees — 3 Dinosaurs

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Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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