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A Week with Dr. SEUSS

Cat in the Hat activities for Kids
Spend a week with Dr. Seuss inspired Activities for Kids. Here’s a creative way to encourage your child to fall in love with reading and hopefully a school full of readers too. Use this quick lesson plan of Dr. Seuss Themed Activities to plan out your week.
Dr Seuss Themed Activities for Kids from The Educators' Spin On It

Dr. Seuss Week

This week was quite an adventure with my daughter in Kindergarten. I don’t think I’ve seen her more excited about going to school than the first week of school.  She was up early every morning and getting her clothes on as quick as she could.  Which to be honest isn’t exactly the way she is every day.

So I had to stop and reflect on why were things so different this week and how can we encourage it all the time with our children and their interest in school and learning.  I think the biggest key way she knew with great anticipation what was going to happen during the day and during the week.

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The Kindergarten Team at her school created a fantastic lesson plan of events all related to Dr. Seuss.  She knew that there would be adventure and creativity in her day, something that every classroom should contain through some element each day.

Grab your own Cat in the Hat Costume here for your Fun Filled Week! 

How do you incorporate these ideas into classrooms all the time?

  • Hands On Learning
  • Purposeful Learning
  • Incorporating Senses
  • Engaging Participation
  • Age Appropriate Activities
  • Home & School Communication
   

  

Here’s what our week looked like with Dr. SEUSS

We even had an After School Play Date with friends about Dr. Seuss.  We read stories together, made a Cat in the Hat and Playing a Game and had a Dr. Seuss snack!  She also created her own Dr. Seuss stories at home with her special Truffula Pencil.
I let her watch a few of the The Cat and the Hat TV Show and she made this list of things they talked about on her own, it was too cute.

I think most importantly we were able to follow things up at home because we knew what was going on in the classroom each day and it created a different way of talking about things. I was able to get more details from her because I knew the framework of each day. Several Parents even got involved in helping with crafts, reading and snacks.

As a Mom and as a former teacher, I encourage teachers to write weekly newsletters to build that bridge of communication between home and school. Even if it’s a simple paragraph you put up on a website telling families what the week will look like or the goals of the week.

Parents are a child’s first teacher and they can help in so many ways if teachers open those moments of learning opportunities with them.

We’ve shared lots of resources this week for Dr. Seuss but here are a few more!

Cat in the Hat inspired Alphabet Fishbowl Game with ABC Sticker Mat  ABC Fun with Dr. Seuss Book The Cat in the Hat Cat in the Hat inspired 2 Ingredient Popsicles for kids to make and eat! popsicle recipe

Dr. Seuss Activities

  • Dr. Seuss Themed Snack Ideas
  • Cat in the Hat Popsicle Recipe 
  • Cat in the Hat Sensory Bottle 
  • Reading Across America Resources
  • Homeschool Share Dr. Seuss
  • Seussville Lesson Plans
  • Mrs. Jones Room Dr. Seuss Resources
  • Fishbowl Alphabet Game with The Cat in the Hat 
  • 30+ Activities inspired by The Lorax 
  • ABC Movement Game for The Cat in the Hat 
  • 10 Ways to Explore Dr. Seuss with Kids 
  • Ideas for hosting a Dr. Seuss Playdate
  • Dr. Seuss Sensory Play Activity with Rhyming Hats Printable 
Dr. Seuss Weekly Lesson Plan

Spending a week with an author can make your child’s learning more meaningful and fun!

What author do you want to spend the week with next? Here’s our list!

10 More Ways to Explore Dr. Seuss Books!  {Click Here}

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Filed Under: Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: Afterschool Express, books, Dr. Seuss, Kim, Literacy Connections

About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Andrea @ No Doubt Learning says

    March 4, 2012 at 8:50 pm

    Love the Trufula trees! I'm going to plan to use that idea this week!!

    Reply
  2. Mom and Kiddo says

    March 9, 2012 at 3:52 am

    Even though I (gasp!) have no love for Seuss, these are some very cute ideas and I love her costume!

    Reply
  3. Carolyn says

    February 26, 2013 at 7:51 am

    I love Dr Seuss and all the fun that kids have when they read his books and make fun crafts. Great post.

    Reply
  4. Ingrid says

    February 26, 2019 at 7:30 am

    Where did you get the Dr. Seuss costume? It is a really nice one. Please let me know!

    Reply
    • Kim Vij says

      February 26, 2019 at 9:07 am

      We agree it’s adorable! This was a photo we took at Universal Studios with their Dr. Seuss character.

      Reply

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