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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Easy Pen and Paper Games for Road Trips and Beyond

When my daughter was younger I would spend a lot of time trying to come up with activities she could do in the car on long road trips and things to entertain her when we were waiting at restaurants and things that didn’t involve screens.

But it turns out there are a lot of great activities you can do with just a piece of paper and a pen.

What Do We Do All Day has a great collection of pen and paper games, including some that can be done with just one person, though they’re all more fun if you have at least two.

There are some classics on here like hangman and dots and boxes, but there are also quite a few I hadn’t heard of before.

I don’t want to spoil the whole list for you because you should definitely click over there and look around, but I will share about the one that you see pictured above.

This game is called Bridges, and you start by making the big random shape and the dividing it into a bunch of sections (the post says 30-50 sections is ideal but I think this one is smaller than that).

Each player gets their own color marker and you take turns drawing bridges from one space to another, crossing a third. Once there’s a bridge, no other bridges can start, end or cross in those spaces. Keep going until no more bridges can be built, and the person who makes the last bridge wins.

Check out the post over at What We Do All Day for more great ideas for no or almost-no prep games you can play with your kids or that kids can play together. I’d love to know if you have a favorite paper and pen game, whether it’s on this list or a different one.

[Photo: What We Do All Day]

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