Using this Cat in the Hat Coloring Page, students can color a picture of the Cat in the Hat as they learn about Dr. Seuss.
Using Connecting Events In The Lorax Worksheet, students make a connection between to events in The Lorax to understand how events are related.
UsingDr. Seuss TCH Word Family Worksheet, students find the TCH words with the help of Horton!
UsingDr. Seuss OX Word Family Worksheet, students circle the OX pictures in the chart using the help of Fox in Sox!
Using Dr. Seuss Shapes Worksheet, students cut out shapes in order to sort and compare them based on the Dr. Seuss book, The Shape of Me and Other Stuff.
UsingDr. Seuss OP Word Family Worksheet, students circle the OP pictures in the chart using the help of Hop on Pop!
Rhymes, hats and silly word fun
Dr. Seuss books are built for kindergarten ears. All that rhyming helps kids hear how words that sound alike often share an ending, so hop, top, mop become a word family they can read. Kindergartners also retell a story in order, talk about what a character learned, and practice shapes and colors with a stripy hat or two. The click moment comes when a child reads a rhyme on their own and laughs at it!
Read the book, then play with the words. These are the moves we use every March.
After a read-aloud, write one rhyming word on the board and say, "If I can read hop, I can read top!" Swap the first letter while kids blend along. Then they try a few on their own.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withDr. Seuss OP Word Family WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →After reading The Lorax, have kids draw what happened first, next and last. Ask them to tell a partner the story using their pictures. Drawing it makes retelling much easier.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withConnecting Events In The Lorax WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Say two words and kids give a thumbs up if they rhyme and a thumbs down if they don't: fox, box? cat, dog? Two minutes a day and their ears get sharp fast.
Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withDr. Seuss OX Word Family WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Silly, rhymey and perfect for Read Across America week or any day you need a giggle.
WorksheetsKids color the stripes in a red and white pattern while you read aloud. Quiet hands, happy ears!
Open Cat in the Hat Coloring Page →
WorksheetsFind and color the shapes hiding in a Seuss scene, then hunt for the same shapes around the room.
Open Dr. Seuss Shapes Worksheet →
WorksheetsMix up word cards from two families and let kids sort them into silly piles. Read each pile aloud!
Open Dr. Seuss TCH Word Family Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Cat in the Hat Coloring Page, Connecting Events In The Lorax Worksheet and Dr. Seuss TCH Word Family Worksheet.
It is celebrated on March 2, his birthday, and it is often part of Read Across America week. Many classrooms spread the fun over the whole week.
The rhyme and rhythm help kids hear sounds in words, which supports early reading. The repeated words also give new readers lots of easy wins.
Groups of words that share an ending, like hop, top and mop. Once kids can read one, they can read the whole family by changing the first sound.
Read a book together, then make up silly rhymes with your child's name. Five minutes of rhyming play goes a long way.
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