Last Updated on February 12, 2021 by Laura
March 2 marks the birthday of one of the most influential children’s author/illustrators in history!ย Theodor Seuss Geisel has helped many kiddos learn to read with his rhyming, colorful, rhythmic stories.ย ย This blog post is full of Dr. Seuss activities and ideas! We like to celebrate Dr. Seuss in March during a special Literacy Week.ย It is a fun way to promote reading and to help make your library the center of your school!
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Engaging Lessons
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- Kindergarten:ย Read Dr. Seuss’s ABC , then rotate through stations with the puzzles and playing memory using the Cat in the Hat number flashcards.
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- First Grade:ย Read The Cat in the Hat and do a word find and coloring activity from Seussville.ย The puzzles and memory game are great choices for 1st grade too!
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- Second Grade:ย Read a short article about Dr. Seuss from Enchanted Learning and take notes on a notetaking page that I created.
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- Third, Fourth and Fifth Graders:ย Play Literacy Week Trivia!ย This game is really fun for the older students because they have read so many of his books.ย I give the winning teams a prize from the bag (pencils, erasers, and bookmarks from Target).
- All Grades: Look at photographs of Theodor Seuss Geisel from World Book Online and World Almanac Kids as part of our Primary Source of the Week activity.
ย School Wide Activities
- Vote for favorite books by signing a page on the bulletin board above.ย Even the adults want to pick their favorites!
- Green Eggs and Ham is usually served in the cafeteria for lunch!
- Character dress up days are always a fun choice.ย When we do this, I like to offer a photo opportunity in the library.
- Use the Cat Cam app to take fun photos with Seuss characters and backgrounds.ย It’s fun to share those as a slide show on the big screen during check out times!
Play Trivia!
If you’d like to add a fun, engaging activity to your celebrations, try this Literacy Week Trivia Game!ย This exciting game in 3 rounds will have your students cooperating on teams to answer questions about some of Dr. Seuss’s most well known books.ย Take a look at the preview now!
