Last week was Dr. Seuss’s birthday and since we were gone and/or busy for most of the week we decided to push back our Dr. Seuss fun to this week and next. I have created (or stolen ideas from others) various activities to correspond with each of the Dr. Seuss books we have. We read the books and then complete the activities. Rather than posting about them all in one large post, I decided to break them down. This post will be about Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks.
Green Eggs and Ham
We colored shapes green and then glued them onto the matching eggs to make Green Egg Shapes!
Then we made a green eggs and ham snack. We started by pairing together two pretzel sticks (ham) and then choosing some green jelly beans from a pile.
Then we melted some white chocolate and put "globs" of it on the sticks to represent the egg whites. She then placed the green jelly bean on top as the center of the green eggs.
Next up our Green Eggshell Art. I saved the egg shells from last week’s Dr. Seuss dinner, washed them good and placed them in a Zip lock baggie. She then smashed them to pieces.
I stuck a little green paint inside and she shook like crazy. **Side note – sticking out her lower jaw like she is here is one of her favorite things to do these days…not sure why, it looks painful to me!
Then she squeezed glue all around a green sheet of paper.
Last, she sprinkled her colored egg shells on top of her glue. Surprisingly, she wasn’t a big fan of having the painted egg shells stuck to her fingers.
Fox in Socks
We started by putting on some silly socks and reading Fox in Socks. She chose to wear one Cat in the Hat sock and one One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish sock.
Then we worked her Fox in Socks puzzle wearing silly socks.
We even played a matching game with some socks. I took socks apart and she matched up the pair. She got frustrated when I tried to show her how to put the pairs of socks together, so we finally just stacked them.
Then she decided that she needed to put on all of her silly socks at one time and play with her babies. Eventually the socks found their way to her hands and were used briefly as puppets! She ended up wearing her silly socks for quite some time during the day!
Stay tuned for some more Dr. Seuss fun during the next two weeks!
Tags: Dr. Seuss, Toddler School