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    You are here: Home / Literacy / Fun and Nonsense with Dr. Seuss Activities for Kids

     

    Fun and Nonsense with Dr. Seuss Activities for Kids

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    If you are looking for some Dr. Seuss Activities to celebrate Read Across America Day, you've come to the right place. Even though Dr. Seuss has never been one of my personal favorites, (sorry!) it's impossible not to appreciate an author who has inspired so many children to read! Take a look at these fun Dr. Seuss activities to use in your classroom or at home for a little extra nonsense and fun.

    • Use our Funny Word Flips game to make nonsense sentences just like Dr. Seuss!
    • Growing Book by Book has a fun Red Fish Blue Fish Matching Game
    • KC Edventures shares Dr. Seuss Games that Inspire Creativity
    • 3 Dinosaurs turns The Lorax into an art project with torn paper Truffala Trees
    • Inspiration Laboratories created a sound hunt inspired by Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? and a Yertle the Turtle counting game.
    • Buggy and Buddy has a darling Ten Apples Up on Top craft.
    • Mama Miss has an awesome DIY math game with printables to go along with One Fish Two Fish
    • Red Ted Art shows you how to make a quick Cat in the Hat Hat!
    • Learn about word families with The Cat in the Hat at Simple Play Ideas.
    • How fun are these Thing 1 and Thing 2 planters from Non-Toy Gifts.
    • Sunlit Pages made Ooblek after reading Barthlomew and the Ooblek.
    • Munchkins and Moms has a Cat in the Hat Painting Activity
    • The Lorax inspired these tie-dyed coffee filters at Little Bins for Little Hands

    I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells.

    -Dr. Seuss

    Book lists to take you beyond Dr. Seuss activities: 

    • Funny picture books for kids
    • Books about happiness
    • 100 funniest chapter books ever
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    1. Erin- The Usual Mayhem says

      February 24, 2013 at 8:25 am

      Thanks for featuring our activities! My little guy is thrilled about it!

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      • MomandKiddo says

        February 25, 2013 at 6:51 am

        You're welcome! He did a great job with those animals.

        Reply
    2. jaime@FSPDT says

      February 24, 2013 at 9:10 am

      thanks for the feature this week:-)

      Reply
      • MomandKiddo says

        February 25, 2013 at 6:50 am

        You're welcome. It's easy to share great content!

        Reply
    3. Barbara Mojica says

      February 24, 2013 at 4:30 pm

      Thank you so much. These are great motor and cognitive activities.

      Reply
      • MomandKiddo says

        February 25, 2013 at 6:48 am

        I hope you can find something that interests you, thanks for stopping by.

        Reply
    4. Susan says

      February 24, 2013 at 5:00 pm

      It's interesting for me to meet another not-so-much-for-Suess blogger. I totally agree that I love what he's done for millions of kids worldwide. But his own books tend not to grab me. P.D.Eastman's, on the other hand, do.

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      • MomandKiddo says

        February 25, 2013 at 6:47 am

        Sometimes I feel like I shouldn't admit that I'm not a Seuss fan, but now I'm owning it! But I can't argue with his popular appeal and that is a great thing for books and reading.

        Reply
    5. Jen Fischer says

      February 24, 2013 at 5:55 pm

      Great round up! Thanks for including our Weekly Library Challenge post. I am sharing another Dr. Seuss post this week. I really love this linky!

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      • MomandKiddo says

        February 25, 2013 at 6:52 am

        Thanks, Jen. I'm so glad you like linking up, keep those great posts, coming! 🙂

        Reply
    6. Amy @ Sunlit Pages says

      February 25, 2013 at 4:22 pm

      How fun to see our post featured this week! Thanks so much! I have to admit that a few years ago, I would not have listed Dr. Seuss as one of my favorite children's authors either, but I have since changed my mind! At that time, I had not read some of his (in my opinion) better works, and, like you said, he is so great for the early readers. My four-year-old loves figuring out all his made up words.

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      • MomandKiddo says

        February 26, 2013 at 10:28 am

        It's hard to argue with an author who has got so many kids reading.

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    7. Renee c. says

      February 26, 2013 at 2:11 am

      I love your feature this week. I felt inspired so I linked in an older review of The Lorax! Have a great week! 🙂

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      • MomandKiddo says

        February 26, 2013 at 10:24 am

        I love older reviews! Don't hide them under the mattress! lol

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    8. Natalie says

      March 03, 2013 at 6:12 pm

      Impressive collection of activities. Like you, I am a little too lazy to actually implement them, but this kind of post was invaluable to me a few years back 🙂

      Reply

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