Bring out Thing One and Thing Two, put on that red and white hat, and pull out all of your favorite Dr. Seuss™ classics! Do you know what time it is? It's that time of year again to celebrate Read Across America and sing Happy Birthday to Dr. Seuss™! Yes, it's true, and here are some fun and easy ways to celebrate Dr. Seuss™ and all his whimsical friends in the classroom! Be sure to grab the FREE printable book graph here!
It's time to celebrate reading month and the joys of reading with a colorful Oh the Places You'll Go Craft! To create this craft, use a Mini White Popcorn Box and adhere two Hot Pink Striped Paper Straws to the inside of each box. Adhere a Dr. Seuss™ Oh the Places You'll Go Paper Dessert Plate to the two hot pink striped paper straws. Take a picture of your students holding up one of their favorite Dr. Seuss books. Print out the picture to a desired size and cut it out. Adhere it to the inside of your box. Decorate the basket of your hot air balloon with Primary Patterned Washi Tape, Cat in The Hat™ Mini Stickers, and Horton Hears a Who™ Giant Stickers!
Project by: Chad Boender of Male Kindergarten Teacher
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The best way to celebrate Dr. Seuss is of course, to read his classics to your students with these fun Dr. Seuss™ Glasses! Since his books are filled with such colorful and memorable characters, repeating sounds, and engaging story lines, it's not hard to "see" why they are simply perfect for beginning readers! Even if your students have heard some of the stories before, re-reading or reading them for the first time with these fun Dr. Seuss™ Glasses will definitely bring more excitement and engagement to your read-alouds. Each set comes with twelve paper glasses that students can fold with ease then wear!
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Inspire your young readers, during Read Across America, with a Dr. Seuss™ Horton Hears a Who™ Goody Bag. After students finish a book, reading assignment or set amount of time spent reading, they will receive a kindness token. After receiving a certain number of kindness tokens, the students can choose a reward! This will cultivate the love of reading and make this reading event magical and memorable for your students!
Project by: Chad Boender of Male Kindergarten Teacher
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Develop a desire to read and write with these take-home reading and writing bags! These Dr. Seuss™ Drawstring Bags are perfect to use as student book bags in the classroom, but also work exceptionally well as at-home book bags that the students can bring to and from school. Students will love writing about what they have read in their very own Dr. Seuss™ Write & Draw Journals. Along with their very own Dr. Seuss™ Clipboard and Dr. Seuss™ Rainbow Writer Pencils, students will love writing and illustrating about their favorite books and authors!
Project by: Chad Boender of Male Kindergarten Teacher
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Reading month is kind of a big deal in my classroom. While we're busy creating a LOVE for reading all year long, March is when we KICK IT UP A NOTCH! Why not teach kindness, too? These Color Your Own Dr. Seuss™ "All About Kindness" Horton Posters feature Dr. Seuss™ Horton from Horton Hears a Who, a story about protecting those who need help, no matter how small they are. Kids can color the image and add their own thoughts to the prompts including why it's important to be kind, how to be a good friend, and how to make a difference to someone in need. Plus, don't forget to grab your Crayola® Twistables® Colored Pencils!
Project by: Chad Boender of Male Kindergarten Teacher
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These I Love to Read Beaded Necklace Craft Kits and The Cat in the Hat™ Headband Craft Kits are sure to get your students fired up about reading! Your students will be dressed to impress with these fun and engaging craft kits! These craft kits are also a great way to reward little learners and their reading achievements! These headbands and necklaces are the perfect way to keep students engaged with reading and demonstrate that a love for reading is worth showing off!
Project by: Chad Boender of Male Kindergarten Teacher
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Who else is as memorable and loved as Thing One from The Cat and the Hat? Well, Thing Two or course! Encourage your students to discuss how Thing One and Thing helped the Cat in the Hat clean up and how they too can do the same in the classroom. After discussing some ideas as a class, have students put on these fun Thing One Hair Hats and practice! Each set comes with 32 headbands and are very easy to assemble! You'll never see so many eager little children wanting to clean and help organize their classroom like!
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After students have read some Dr. Seuss books, have them vote on their favorite! Create a class bar graph to practice collecting data then have students record the results on this printable. Students can also write in these adorable Dr. Seuss™ Mini Note Pads about why they chose the book as their favorite. Each set includes 48 mini notebooks and six different designs. With so many great books, choosing just ONE might be the most challenging part of the activity!
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We all know the story of Horton hearing a Who, but how well can your students hear their teacher? Put them to the test by having them follow step-by-step directions to put together their own Elephant Ear Headband! Each kit comes with 12 headbands with all the pieces already sorted and organized. Since the pieces are large, they are perfect for little hands to put together.
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Speaking of Horton, encourage your students to practice and share kindness in the classroom with these Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who Kindness Pledge Certificates! After reading the story, make a list of ways students can show kindness to each other. Students will then choose and share how they too can be kind just like Horton! Each set comes with 36 colorful and bright certificates that would be perfect to display in the classroom as reminders for the rest of the year!
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The story of the Lorax teaches young children the importance of taking care of the Earth and doing their part to protect the environment. After reading the story, encourage students to use these fun Dr. Seuss™Rainbow Writer Pencils to write letters to their city officials and share new ideas to protect and help keep their local parks beautiful. May it be planting new flowers, cleaning up trash, or setting out more trash cans, the possibilities are endless, and students will be able to practice writing friendly letters as well as writing persuasive text.
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