Dr. Seuss books offer so many opportunities for learning!
This week, I have introduced several different Dr. Seuss books to my students and one of the most recognizable parts of Dr. Seuss books is the tall striped hat…
Exploring Rhyming Words
We took a little picture walk through several Dr. Seuss books to see what each book might be about and we also talked about how Dr. Seuss books include lots of words that rhyme and even include silly made-up words…
Patterning with Dr. Seuss
The children easily recognized the tall striped hat associated with Dr. Seuss so we explored some Dr. Seuss stripes throughout the day – we actually called them Dr. Seuss sticks. Â I made the stripes by cutting up Styrofoam trays into long thin strips…
Using our red carpet, we spread the stripes out to make a very tall Dr. Seuss hat. Â We discovered that there is a pattern in the hat and that in order to keep the pattern, we had to spread our sticks apart so the red would show through. You could always use red construction paper or even red material for the same effect…
Exploring Numeracy
We counted our stripes and then each child took a turn to remove one or more stripes and we counted again to see how many stripes were remaining…
Exploring Shapes
We also used our Dr. Seuss stripes to make shapes and designs on our carpet. We started by each child making their own designs…
Working Together
Then we worked together to make several large group designs…
Expanding on the Process
After exploring our Dr. Seuss stripes, the children were invited to the table to draw their own Dr. Seuss stripes…
On the table, I had white construction paper hat-shapes, rulers, pencils, and crayons for the children to work with. Â Just like we had to “space” our stripes on the floor, we also had use our rulers to “space” our stripes out on our Dr. Seuss hats.
Expressing their Creativity
The children used their rulers to make their lines and the crayons to either color on the lines or to color between the lines. Â Each child chose which way they preferred to go…
Did you know that Dr. Seuss stripes have so many possibilities for learning? I think we could have spent the entire week on Dr. Seuss stripes alone but of course, we wanted to enjoy many of the books and experiences of Dr. Seuss books so we only used them for a day…
Having Fun!
Once the children completed their Dr. Seuss stripes, we took a photo of each child with the hat being held on top of their head. Our hats didn’t really work like real hats!
The children did a great job using the rulers and spacing their lines and they were quite proud of their hats!
Our Favorite Dr. Seuss Books
Below are Dr. Seuss Books that I enjoy reading with young children. You can purchase them from Amazon by clicking the links below…