Happy Dr. Seuss Day!

 Just a recap of some of Room 9's Seuss activities! Due to our "Ice Day", we had to reschedule our Seuss celebration to Tuesday. They had a blast! we read several Seuss stories in preparation for our crafts and activities:

              

Of course, I was nearly as excited as the kids were about the day and it's festivities, so I did not capture photos of all the fun that was had. But here is a little peek at what we did to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss!

I can get my students to write about pretty much anything if a craft is also involved. I was surprised by how many of my students showed no recognition towards The Cat in the Hat characters; they had never heard the story before! It was adorable to see their reactions to the Cat and Thing 1 and Thing 2.

My students who receive OT services get a bit fussy towards obvious fine motor exercises, so it is always important to me to incorporate fun cutting and gluing crafts into daily activities. They loved making their Thing 1 and Thing 2's!

   

Ms. Herbert, a Dedicated Aid to a student in my room, helping with the cutting and pasting.

Writing prompt: If the Cat in the Hat brought Thing 1 and Thing 2 to my house I would..." the responses varied from letting them play with their toys, to kicking them out of the house.

   

Another favorite craft of the day followed the reading of One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. As I revealed the materials for the craft, screams erupted with, "PAINT! IT'S PAINTING!" followed swiftly by, "FISHIES! Are those real fishies or candy fishies, Mrs. Leidner?"

This activity works great with baking soda paint or water-colors, but I chose to just water down washable paint (cost and time effective). I wanted the addition values to be different for each student (to keep them from copying each other's papers), so I made a list of how many fish I gave to each child (the behavior chart was to be put to use if any fish "disappeared", and the extra fish were passed out as snack as a reward for patient students.)

The paint dried fairly quickly, and we used wet glue to attach the fish. The students were completely ecstatic about adding and making a craft with candy!

   

We did several Seuss activities, and enjoyed ending the day munching on fish and describing what green eggs might taste and smell like. What a great day to teach kindergarten!