- Tricia Jones
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
Today, the Blue Bear and Yellow Bear Transition Kindergarten classes had a fun time celebrating the birthday of Dr. Seuss.
Here are some facts we learned about Dr. Seuss:
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904.
Dr. Seuss was his pen name.
His hometown was in the state of Massachusetts.
Dr. Seuss is known for his illustrations and books filled with rhyming words.
He credits his mother for giving him his creative abilities in this regard. When he was a little boy, she would recite rhyming chants to soothe him. These chants were some that she remembered when she was a little girl.
Here are some fun things we did to celebrate Dr. Seuss:
Story Time – We read these favorite Dr. Seuss books in class today.
The Cat in the Hat
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
For snack the Bears enjoyed Rainbow Goldfish in honor of this story.
Happy Birthday - We used the classroom birthday cake and sang to Dr. Seuss.
Sing-a-Long Songs We enjoyed singing these Dr. Seuss songs to some familiar tunes.
The Cat in the Hat to the tune of The Adam’s Family
Chorus:
The cat in the hat (Snap fingers) Snap! Snap!
The cat in the hat Snap!Snap!
The cat in the hat
The cat in the hat
The cat in the hat Snap!Snap!
He causes so much fun
But when the fun is done
You will be the one
To send that cat AWAY!
Repeat Chorus
2. Dr. Seuss Is on the Loose to the tune of Old MacDonald
Dr. Seuss is on the loose
And this is how we know.
Cats, hats, eggs and ham
Cats, hats, eggs and ham
Cats, hats, eggs and ham
We love his fun books so!
Dr. Seuss Homework – We enjoyed looking at some favorite Dr. Seuss books and pages from our Blue Bears and Yellow Bears.
Center Time
At Art table we made a Cat-in-the-Hat rhyming word puppet.
These are the rhyming words we used. (at, bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat)
Music Time
Our Music Teacher, Mrs. Turner, celebrated Dr. Seuss with us today by dressing up like the Cat in the Hat.
She led us in lots of silly songs, just like the silly books that Dr. Seuss wrote.
Thank you
Dr. Seuss
for writing such wonderful and funny books to help us learn how to read.
