Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

These are just a few of the many activities that we completed to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday. 

The activity of Horton Hears a Who was not completely my idea.  My colleague {Mrs. Ferringer} showed me an activity similar to this {I'm not sure were it originated, however we did some tweaking of our own.}  We read and discussed Horton Hears a Who, next we watched the short video {25 minutes} and then we got busy constructing our Hortons and completing it with a writing prompt {If you were a Who, what would you tell Horton?}

{Pretty cute, right? I wrapped floral tape around Q-tips for the stem.} 

 

 {The pink pom-poms came from my mother-in-law, she is a retired teacher.  She gave these to me several years back...they have been in my craft box for awhile and Bam! I found a use for them.}

 {And of course the speck...it's a Tic Tac!}

{I love the eyes on this Horton!}

{The "speck" up close...I have come up with several ways to use a Tic Tac.}

Next activity...Bartholomew and the Oobleck {I love this story!}  This story helped me introduce adjectives.



I read the story, Bartholomew and the Oobleck...my firsties really enjoyed the pictures in this story.  We discussed story elements and then our Oobleck experiment began.  I don't really follow a recipe to make Oobleck {I make it every year and now know what the consistency should be.}  I did use one box of corn starch for my entire class of 19 firsties {just the right amount for each kiddo.}

{water + corn starch + green food coloring = Oobleck}

{This is not the best picture of myself, but I do typically wear a science lab apron and goggles for the fun factor of science experiments.  I got my science lab apron and goggles from my sister...she teaches high school science...you name the science and she teaches it...thanks, She-She!}

 {Exploration begins!}

{He is SO excited right now!}

I didn't take a picture of our brainstorming web of adjectives that we came up with...don't you just hate it when you can't get all those pictures taken? 

{I had my firsties write three adjectives that they felt best described the Oobleck.}

{Seriously, I don't know why I can't get some of my pictures rotated...grrrr!}

{I like how the green, background paper looks like gooey Oobleck.}

{I love having their work hang in the classroom.}

You know how I like to have window decorations...so, we made stained-glass Dr. Seuss hats for our window.}