1. Move! I love crafts and activities that incorporate recycled materials, so when we wanted to create a Green Eggs and Ham-inspired movement activity, I pulled out the green and white buttons we used at Christmas for our button Christmas trees and some empty spice containers, and we created shakers. This activity was absolutely perfect for Caterpillar - 18 months -- though it did require me to be right there on hand to keep him from putting the buttons in his mouth. The boys both definitely got moving with their shakers, and my next plan is to have them shake them while we listen to some songs from Seussical the Musical!
2. Eat! We did a couple of food-related activities, including, of course, making actual green eggs and ham, which Wild Thing kept begging to do -- he took it very literally, so I let him get busy in the kitchen with the green food coloring. Despite my misgivings about it, he ate every bite -- though not without reciting at least half the book with me and refusing to eat them at first. It was too cute.
We also had some cookie decorating fun with sugar cookies and three green topics: green sprinkles, green cream cheese frosting and pistachios.
4. Learn! Finally, Wild Thing is in an early reading phase and very interested in sounding simple words out and pointing out starting letter sounds, so I try to encourage and reinforce this with the books we read through simple sight word activities and/or activities that reinforce basic phonetic concepts. Of course, Dr. Seuss books are perfect for this becaues of all of the words that rhyme, so I wrote out rhyming words on coffee filters so that he could connect that the words sound the same except for the beginning letters. On some, I also drew pictures, on others I did not. Words that rhymed were on the same coffee filter, but different sides of it, so he flipped it over to find the rhyme. He turned it into a matching game as well, which was another great idea for word learning and play.
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The flip side of the Rain card, says Train and of Boat says Goat. |
Sharing at: Eco-Kids Tuesday, Tuesday Tots, Artsy Play Wednesday, It's Playtime! Mom's Library, The Children's Bookshelf, The Sunday Showcase.
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So many excellent ideas! We finally got our book in French of Green ham and eggs and I can't wait to do those activities with our book :)
ReplyDeleteI love all that you did with the book! My son would love all of it. I think the matching game is my favorite part. :)
ReplyDeleteThose cookies are awesome! Love all the activities you came up with for this book!
ReplyDeleteGreat book ideas. Also, audio books are great to listen to when doing activities. We download them for free at http://www.twirlygirlshop.com/stories-for-kids if anyone is interested.
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas!
ReplyDeleteI just love your activities. The Green Eggs and Ham cookies are so cute and so fun to do. We're going to do them tomorrow afternoon. This book has special meaning as it was the first book I learned to read on my own when I was 6.
ReplyDeleteThese look like so much fun for little hands and delicious! Thanks for sharing and participating in the Virtual Book club for Kids. Shared this on our Facebook page.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great collection of ideas. Thanks for sharing them at the Children's Bookshelf.
ReplyDeleteI love the green eggs cookies.... they look fantastic. I like kids activities that relate to books they've read. Great post.
ReplyDeleteFun Post! Thanks for linking it to Tuesday Tots. I'll be featuring it on my site this Tuesday. Have a great day :)
ReplyDeleteSo many fun activities! Thanks for sharing this with us at Eco-Kids Tuesday! Hope to see you again today! http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2013/02/bunnys-bento-box-eco-kids-tuesday.html
ReplyDeleteWhat fun ideas, Jen! I love that both your boys were able to enjoy some great Dr. Seuss activities! I featured your post and photo in my 50+ Montessori-Inspired Dr. Seuss Activities post at http://livingmontessorinow.com/2013/02/28/50-plus-montessori-inspired-dr-seuss-activities/
ReplyDeleteI love these ideas for preschoolers. I am co-hosting Mom's library this week with TrueAim and I featured this post. Thanks!
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These appear as if most fun for tiny hands and delicious! Thanks for sharing and collaborating within the Virtual Book club for teenagers. Shared this on our Facebook page.
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Mark
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