Dr. Seuss Week

We had a great time celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday at the end of February/beginning of March!  Check out some of our fun activities below.

This activity was pinterest inspired and a great art activity combine with writing in which the students enjoyed.  The writing prompt is, "If Thing 1 and Thing 2 came to my house..." and there were a mixture of responses, but some of the most common were:

-they would clean my house.

-they would make a mess.

-they could clean my bedroom.

-they would break...

This was a fun rhyming activity.  I read the story Fox In Socks to the students and then gave each student a sock.  They had to identify the word on the sock and say it out loud.  Then the other students had to look at their socks and see if their word rhymed.  Each student was able to find their matching (rhyming word) sock!

The activity below was an engaging addition activity that went along with the story, One Fish Two Fish.  Students got a small handful of goldfish and had to write down how many yellow and orange fish that they had.  Once they did that they needed to add the two together.  After they wrote their addition problem correctly they were able to eat their YUMMY goldfish :)

A fun science activity was making GREEN FLUBBER!!!  Students got to mix a variety of ingredients and watch how they react with each other.  Below the two pictures is the recipe that we used!

Flubber Recipe 

In a large container combine:
1 1/2 cups warm water
2 cups white glue
Food coloring

In second, smaller container, combine:
1 1/3 cups warm water
3 tsp. Borax

* Mix ingredients in each container thoroughly.
* Pour contents of smaller container in to large container. (We used a plastic baggie)
* Gently lift and turn mixture until only about a tablespoon of liquid is left. FLUBBER will be sticky for a moment or two. Let excess liquid drip off then FLUBBER will be ready!
STRETCH IT! BOUNCE IT! ROLL IT!

Store in an airtight container for about three weeks of use!