Dr. Seuss Theme for Preschool

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1 Dr. Seuss Theme for Preschool Dr Seuss makes us think of everything rhyming! Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and many other favorites! This theme page is filled with preschool activities and ideas for all areas of your classroom. Some graphics for this theme were created by Amanda at Creatively Crafting and Graphics by Jena Hudson at Sew Much Music Using the Standards Conversion Chart Type in each of your program s equivalent standards next to my standard. Save to your computer. Refer to this chart each time you use a theme from Preschool Cubby Using the Weekly and Daily Planning Forms In the weekly planning form, ALL of the boxes are editable! Simply print as they are OR move activities to the days you want them or replace activities with your own! You ll find my standards listed under each activity. This is where you will enter YOUR program s standards (that you added to the Conversion Chart) 1. Refer to the conversion chart you completed and look up my Standard Letter/Number. 2. Replace that letter and number with YOUR program s equivalent that you typed into the Conversion Chart. 3. Print! The Weekly AND Daily Planning forms are both 100% editable so you can move the activities to the days you want to do them or even replace them with your own activities! (If you do that-be sure to change them on the daily planning forms as well AND replace the standards in that box with the correct standards for the activity you have replaced mine with!) NOTE: The blue areas will NOT print blue, don t worry! Those areas are the editable areas. They will print with a white background when you print! 1

2 Dr. Seuss Theme WEEKLY PLANNER CIRCLE MON Standards TUES ART MATH/MANIPULATIVES Opposites The Foot Book 1,6,37-40,44 Footprints 1,9,17,24,27,31 How Many Feet? 1,13,15,23,27-29, 35-37,43-45 Let's Moo! 3,7,24,27,44,45 My Color Book 13,14,27-31,36 One Fish and More! Oobleck 2 Activity Mat 3,23,26,35 13,14,24-26,27 Wish List: I Wish I Had Duck Feet 6,13,15,29, 30,36, 37,44,45 Fish Matching File Seuss World Critters 13-15,22,31 Folder Game 13,14,24-26,30 Standards WEDS Standards THURS Standards FRI Standards SCIENCE Oobleck 1 3,23,26,35 MUSIC & MOVEMENT Stomp Your Feet! 3,4,10,12,34 GROSS MOTOR STORY TIME Hop on POPS! Hop on Pop 3,12,22,26,34,37, 1,6,38-40,44 41,44,45 Balance, Balance! My Many Colored Days 1,6,38-40,44 1,3,5,6,11,12, 22,26,34,35,37 Whisper-ma-phone Mooney Moving! Where Is It? The Cat in the Hat 13,14,23,27-30,42,43 5,6,7,12,36,38-40,44 2,6,10,12,13-15,35 1,6,38-40,44 Pass the Egg Sam I Am Green Eggs and Ham 13,14,27-30,36 1,6,9,11,35-40,44,45 Daisy-Head Maisy Green Eggs and...? Headbands. 3,4,7,13,14,24, 3,13-15,23,24,27,29, ,36,37,45 Seuss-tastic Toothpaste Chart! Sculpting 6,13,15,29,30,36, 3,23,26,35 37,44,45 Cat Hats 13,14,16,17,21, 23,25,30 Cat in the HatBalance THAT! 13,14,20-26,27,30 Foot Book Moves 5-7,12,36 Oh The Places We'll Go! 5-7,12,36 I Hear a Who! 3,7,24,37,44,45 Horton Hears a Who 1,6,38-40,44 The Tooth Book 1,6,38-40,44 SUGGESTED CHANGES TO INTEREST CENTERS FOR THE WEEK Block Center: Block Balancing Encourage the children. to build and balance using a variety of blocks: wooden, unit, foam and others! Great follow up to The Cat in the Hat book. Try adding stuffed animals and see how high the blocks can go to balance them! 3,6,7,13,22,27,30,36 Dramatic Play: Dress Up- Pull out your dress up clothes and props such as hats, scarves, shoes etc. Also, place a large variety of Seuss books out. Encourage your preschoolers to dress up like the characters in the book! 3,4,6,10,13-15,19,30,36 Easel: Trufulla Trees in the Wind Provide pipettes (eye droppers) and straws (the Crazy Straws are pretty cool looking!). The children drop blobs of paint on the paper and then use the straws to blow the paint around! They can also add tree trunks if they want to create Trufulla trees! 13,14,27-30,36 Sand/Water Table: Goop Mix equal amounts of cornstarch and water into your sensory table. This is the greatest texture! It is hard when you touch it. When you scoop some up, the heat from your hands melts it and then it hardens again! 3,14,25,27,28,30 Writing Center: Where Would I Go? After reading Marvin K. Mooney, encourage the children to draw where they would go. Provide colored pencils and white paper and perhaps some Dr. Seuss stickers! 13-15,30,36,37,42,43 Preschool Cubby 2

3 MONDAY Dr. Seuss Theme You ll Need: The Foot Book; finger paint, paper; construction paper, marker, scissors and rulers cornstarch, baking soda, water, food coloring...see Oobleck recipe in this packet; Stomp Your Feet song poster and song card in this packet; Hop on Pop book, bubble wrap, tape; Hop on Pop book Circle Opposites After reading The Foot Book to the children, help introduce them to left from right by reciting the page "Left foot, right foot" This is a great book to jumpstart their knowledge about opposites. Do some opposite practice! Say things like: Not up but, Not left but, Not in but 1,6,37-40,44 Art Footprints Needed: finger paint, paper. The children make footprints, one of each color. Allow them after that to sit on a chair and just "paint" with their feet! This is a great follow-up activity to the book The Foot Book 1,9,17,24,27,31 Math/Manipulative Science Music & Movement How Many Feet? Materials: construction paper, marker, scissors and rulers! Encourage your children to trace their foot and cut it out. They can use these cut outs to measure everything in the classroom--the chairs, tables, their friends! Provide rulers so they can measure with them as well. 1,13,15,23,27-29,35-37,43-45 Oobleck! Needed: cornstarch, baking soda, water, food coloring. See recipe in this packet. 3,23,26,35 Stomp Your Feet! Sing and act out the song If You re Happy and You Know It! There is a song poster and song card in this packet as well! 3,4,10,12,34 Gross Motor Hop on POPS Materials: Hop on Pop book, bubble wrap, tape. Read the story once. Then read it again and the children hop on the bubbles to pop them until you say freeze. Continue reading and repeating. Variation: Blow bubbles for them to pop! 3,12,22,26,34,37,41,44,45 Story Time Hop on Pop 1,6,38-40,44 Preschool Cubby 3

4 TUESDAY Dr. Seuss Theme You ll Need: Circle Art Math/Manipulative Science Recorded animal sounds; paint, brushes, construction paper; One Fish and More activity mat from this packet, playdough; water, white glue, Borax, food coloring, recipe in this packet to make your own Bartholomew Oobleck; The Cat in the Hat book; My Many Colored Days book Let s Moo! Needed: recorded animal sounds. In advance, record the animal sounds from the book Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? As you read the story, stop and play the voice! VARIATION: Ask a parent to record the sounds! VARIATION: Prior to this theme, record the children making the sounds and don't tell them why! When you have this theme, pull out the recording! They will LOVE hearing their own voices! 3,7,24,27,44,45 Color Book Needed: paint, brushes, construction paper. Encourage the children to experiment mixing colors while they paint. Make the papers into a class My Color Book. Variation: Have children make many pages of plain colors, mixed colors, etc. to create individual My Color Book. This is a great activity to go with the book My Many Colored Days. 13,14,27-31,36 One Fish and More! Activity Mat Needed: One Fish and More activity mat from this packet, playdough 13,14,24-26,27 Oobleck 2 Needed: water, white glue, Borax, food coloring; See recipe in this packet to make your own Bartholomew Oobleck! 3,23,26,35 Music & Movement Gross Motor Balance...Balance! Needed: The Cat in the Hat book. After reading this book, provide different ways (and encourage your children to come up with a few as well) to balance such as: on one foot, on heels, on toes, walk on a line of tape, place a line of wooden unit blocks in a row to use as a balance beam if you don't have one, use bean bags and balance one: on your head, on your elbow, one your back, on your foot! 1,3,5,6,11,12,22,26,34,35,37 Story Time My Many Colored Days 1,6,38-40,44 Preschool Cubby 4

5 WEDNESDAY Dr. Seuss Theme You ll Need: Chart paper, markers, I Wish I Had Duck Feet book, paper; recyclable items (boxes, water bottles, etc.), arts and crafts materials (ribbon, yarn, google eyes) and glue; Fish Matching file folder game in this packet; paper cups, string, scissors, a pen; Marvin K. Mooney book; umbrella, toy fish, plastic rake, toy hat, paper fan; The Cat in the Hat book Circle Wish List Needed: Chart paper, markers, I Wish I Had Duck Feet book, paper Ask the children what they would wish for if they could have any ONE thing they wanted. Read I Which I Had Duck Feet. Follow up by encouraging the children to draw a picture of what they said they wanted! 6,13,15,29,30,36, 37,44,45 Art Seuss World Critters Needed: recyclable items (boxes, water bottles, etc.), arts and crafts materials (ribbon, yarn, google eyes) and glue. Encourage the children to make their own creature and name it! Great follow up to the Dr. Seuss ABC Book! 13-15,22,31 Math/Manipulative Fish Matching Needed: Fish Matching file folder game in this packet. 13,14,24-26,30 Science Whisper-ma-phone Needed: paper cups, string, scissors, a pen. Encourage the children to use the tip of a pen to poke a hole in the bottom of two cups. They then cut a long piece of string and insert each end into each of the cups. Help them knot the string so it does not come through the hole. The children stand far enough away from each other that the string is tight. One child puts the opening of their cup over their ear, the other child talks loudly into their cup. The sound vibrates the string make the sound travel to the other cup to be heard! 13,14,23,27-30,42,43 Music & Movement Mooney Moving! Needed: Marvin K. Mooney As you read the story, pause to have the children move in the ways Marvin moves (on a cow, on skates, etc.) 5,6,7,12,36,38-40,44 Gross Motor Where Is It? Needed: umbrella, toy fish, plastic rake, toy hat, paper fan. Place the items (and others seen in The Cat in the Hat book) around the playground or indoors. Give the children binoculars to find them (or make binoculars with paper towel tubes!). Extension: Create a scavenger hunt list for the children to use and check each item off the list when they find it. 2,6,10,12,13-15,35 Story Time The Cat in the Hat 1,6,38-40,44 Preschool Cubby 5

6 THURSDAY Dr. Seuss Theme You ll Need: Hard boiled eggs, music; green & white paint, rectangular paper OR actual shoe box lids; construction paper, artificial flowers, glue; green plastic eggs, items to place in the eggs; music; Horton Hears a Who book Circle Pass the Egg Needed: hard boiled eggs, music. Pass one of the eggs around the circle while music is playing. When the music stops, the child with the egg tosses it to another person in the circle! Play again! Discuss eggs, let the children crack, peel and eat an egg for a snack! (Hint: If you overcook the hardboiled eggs, the yolks will become a green color!). Great follow up activity to the reading of Green Eggs and Ham! 1,6,9,11,35-40,44,45 Art Sam I Am Needed: green & white paint, rectangular paper OR actual shoe box lids! Make different shades of green. Painting on a shoe box or other box lid helps Sam I Am to "eat them in a box"! 13,14,27-30,36 Math/Manipulative Daisy-Head Maisy Headbands and more Needed: construction paper, artificial flowers, glue. Have children cut long strips of construction paper (about 2 inches wide and long enough to be a headband!). Encourage them to create patterns with the flowers and foliage and glue it to the strips of paper. When dry, they can wear their Maisy Headbands. EXTENSION: Provide large wreaths (purchased at a craft store or donated). The children can place the flowers in the wreaths. You can either hang the wreaths or leave them in the manipulative center for the children to use all week. 3,13-15,23,24,27,29,36 Science Green Eggs and? Needed: green plastic eggs, items to place in the eggs. Fill the eggs with different items from your classroom (lego, sand, paper clip, etc.). The children shake the egg and try to guess what is in it. They will love doing this with their friends over and over. VARIATION: Fill pairs of eggs with items (2 with sand, 2 with paper clips, etc.) and have them try to match the eggs by shaking and matching the 2 that sound the same. 3,4,7,13,14,24,27-29,36,37,45 Music & Movement Foot Book Moves Play music and suggest a foot move for the children to incorporate into their dancing. After 30 seconds or so, stop the music and tell the children to FREEZE! Now call out another foot move. Repeat and continue. Encourage the children to name some foot moves to use! Some suggestions are: left foot right foot, left, left, left!; pretend to kick a ball (or provide balls to kick while dancing!) "tap" dancing, jogging, running! 5-7,12,36 Gross Motor I Hear a Who Have one child sit with their back facing the other children. Point to one child to go behind that child and say Who Am I?. Encourage the child to guess who said it! 3,7,24,37,44,45 Story Time Horton Hears a Who 1,6,38-40,44 Preschool Cubby 6

7 FRIDAY Dr. Seuss Theme You ll Need: Chart paper, markers, tape; tubes of toothpaste (mini and full size), cardboard; strawberries, bananas, knife, kabob sticks; items at your science area to try to balance by building with them such as 3 foam blocks, a few legos and some stuffed animals; different tempos of music; The Tooth Book Circle Seuss-Tastic Book Chart Needed: chart paper, markers, tape. On a sheet of chart paper, print the names (or add images) of all the Dr. Seuss books you've read this week! Display all the books on the floor near the chart. Encourage the children to print their name on a piece of paper. Have them place their name next to their favorite Seuss book. Is there a class favorite? Which book was enjoyed the most? The least? 6,13,15,29,30,36, 37,44,45 Art Tooth Paste Sculpting! Needed: tubes of toothpaste (mini and full size), cardboard. Let children squeeze toothpaste out of the tubes to create different designs. Wonderful development of fine motor skills and creativity wrapped into one! Great follow up to The Tooth Book! Ask a local dentist if they will dontate the toothpaste in exchange for your passing out their brochure to families (be sure this is ok with your school's administration first!) 3,23,26,35 Math/Manipulative Cat Hats Needed: strawberries, bananas, knife, kabob sticks. The children help wash the strawberries and slice them and slice the bananas. They alternate putting a slice of each on a skewer/kabob stick in an AB pattern. Encourage them to create other patterns! 13,14,16,17,21,23,25,30 Science Cat in the Hat-Balance THAT! Provide many items at your science area to try to balance by building with them such as 3 foam blocks, a few legos and some stuffed animals. Encourage the children to balance the items on their heads and walk! VARIATION: Provide a Jenga type game for them to try! 13,14,20-26,27,30 Music & Movement Oh, The Places We ll Go! Play different tempos of music. Play one and ask them what it reminds them of (the circus? Church? An airplane? An elevator?). Encourage them to dance or move to that sound or act out what they would do in that place. Change the music and repeat. 5-7,12,36 Gross Motor Story Time The Tooth Book 1,6,38-40,44 Preschool Cubby 7

8 Fish Matching File Folder Game Directions: Print, laminate and cut 2 copies of the following pages of colored fish. Glue one set of fish inside a file folder on both sides (5 fish on each side). The children match the fish by color Variation: Print numbers or letters on the fish before laminating for the children to match (There is a blackline master of the fish so you can color and program on your own). 8

9 Fish Matching File Folder Game 9

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11 Fish Matching File Folder Game 11

12 Dr. Seuss Oobleck! ½ c (125 mg) cornstarch ½ c (125 mg) baking soda ¼ c (60 ml) water with food coloring (may need extra water) Mix. The texture is pretty amazing! Your children will want to make and use this many times throughout the week! 12

13 Oobleck 2 2 c (500 ml) water 2 tbsp. (30 mg) Borax 1 c (250 ml) white glue food coloring (optional) Borax is a specific type of laundry detergent found in the laundry detergent section of the market. Mix half the water with all of the glue. In a separate bowl, mix the remaining cup of water with the Borax and a few drops of food coloring if desired. Pour the Borax and water mixture into the glue/water mixture SLOWLY while stirring. Once it becomes rubbery, stop pouring in the borax mixture! Pour off the excess liquid and let the kids enjoy using this! Remember, this WILL stick to clothes, hair and carpeting! 13

14 One Fish and More Activity Mat Directions: Print and laminate the fish bowl and number cards. Provide the children with a variety of colors of playdough. They choose one of the number cards and make that number of fish out of playdough to add to the fishbowl. Encourage them to count the number of dots on the card to identify the number. VARIATION: Provide dry erase markers for the children to draw the fish in the fish bowl! 14

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20 One Fish and More Activity Mat

21 Song Card & Song Poster How to use: Print and laminate the song card below (it is 5 X 3 ). Place in a can or box with other cards of songs your children love! In transitional times (waiting to go outside or wash hands, etc.), pull out your song box or song can (I use a decorated coffee can!). Shuffle the cards in your hands saying Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle and your children yell STOP! When they yell stop, whichever card is on top is the one you sing! The kids LOVE this! Each month you ll receive one of these cards that correspond with the song poster for the month to add to your Song Card Collection! On the next page, you ll find the Song Poster! Print and laminate for use over the years! If You re Happy and You Know It! 21 Preschool Plan It

22 If You re Happy and You Know It! 22 Preschool Plan It

23 Dr. Seuss Calendar Pieces ABCD Pattern

24 Dr. Seuss Calendar Pieces ABCD Pattern

25 Dr. Seuss Calendar Pieces ABCD Pattern

26 Dr. Seuss Calendar Pieces ABCD Pattern

27 Dr. Seuss Calendar Pieces ABCD Pattern

28 Dr. Seuss Calendar Pieces ABCD Pattern The blank card below is to add the month you would like! Simply cut out, laminate and print the month s name with a dry erase marker so that you can erase and use whenever you like throughout the year.

29 Patterns for Games and Activities The following images are from the calendar pieces. You can use these in several ways: Print and laminate several pages for the children to use to create patterns. Either you begin a pattern using 4-5 of these cards and encourage the children to continue the same pattern. Or, have the children create their own patterns using the cards. Print and laminate several pages for the children to use as a matching/memory game. 29

30 Dr. Seuss Patterns for Games and Activities 30