Last month we had a Dr. Suess theme unit. The kids loved it. It was wonderful as far as reading/phonics go and we were able to tie in some great crafts that the kids loved. We had been super busy with tax season and birthday parties and our trip so these crafts came from our local Michaels. I bought them 3 months ago when they had them all on sale which made them homeschool economical! There are great resources on the web for Cat in the Hat tophats, ties, Christmas ornaments, you name it! But here are the easy out of the box ones that we did:
The boys really enjoyed crinkling the tissue paper for the fish and the cat in the hat mosaics were a great fine motor activity!
while the girls loved the frilly pink embellishments that came with these Horton hears a Who magnets
Lastly, were these cute puzzles. Tim loves puzzles so he loved the idea of coloring his own:
We also made thing 1 and thing 2 bookmarks, but just like their name sakes they are missing in action. We watched the 2008 version of "Horton hears a Who" the same week we made the bookmarks. Netflix comes in handy when I am planning my theme units.
Some other things we did for our Dr. Seuss month (besides reading the stories, of course) were using green food coloring to make green eggs and ham and discussing preservation (tied our green unit weekly lesson) in with the story "The Lorax". Do you celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday in your homeschool? If so, what did you do this year to celebrate?
Blessings to you and your homeschool,
I love the one of the shapes in the image with the Cat. So creative!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! The boys loved doing it and it was a great fine motor activity for them. I think my favorite was the frilly, girly Horton hears a Who magnets the girls made :-)
ReplyDeleteHow fun!!! I LOVE these!
ReplyDeleteMisty; they were so easy; I purchased them all as little kits from Michaels when they all went on sale. Were great for arts and crafts on busy days!
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