Dr. Seuss Day

[Ashley Nichols-Lampkin]

I have been requested by my principal to plan some activities for Dr. Seuss day or if I want a Dr. Seuss week. I believe the official day is the 2nd of March. Do you have any wonderful suggestions I might be able to use?
Thanks

[Janie Burrow]

I do a Seuss Cafe with the help of my 6th grade class. When the classes come in we have them choose titles from a menu (Dr. Seuss titles) that they would like to have the waiter/waitresses read to them. During the time they are listening to the stories, other sixth grade students are passing out crackers and a drink. Of course, we have the tables decorated with white and red tablecloths and the placemats are Dr. Seuss coloring pages or crossword puzzles that you can find on-line.
I have been doing this for the last four years. All of the children look forward to being a part of this week. (I have also involved the community by having adult volunteers sit at the tables and read the books)

[Beth Kiger]

Ashley, In the past we have had a "birthday cake decorating" contest. I furnish patterns of big three layer cakes cut out of butcher paper. Classes decorate them to represent a Dr. Seuss Book. They are on display and a winning class is chosen. This year we will have "Whoville Hair Day", "Hat Day","Grinch Green Day", and "Fox in Socks" day ( our principal likes theme dress up days.) She has also decided to schedule our Book Character Parade for Friday of that week.

[La Gina Gross]

Hi!

I sometimes have my Reading Is Fundamental, (RIF) Day celebration with Read Across America Day and have students do Seuss activities all doing the week with themes from the book. Seuss hat day in whch students wear hats they have made or bought, Making Green Eggs and Ham using measurements, Doing a graph or grid of favorite Seuss books aroung the school, Book Talks on Morning News Show, students interviews of teachers sharing what is their favorite Seuss book and finding a lost character in one of the books. We always have community guests including the Mayor and local officials come in and read their favorite Seuss book. You can get great Seuss reading challenge materials from Upstart/Highsmith or Demco.

A lot of info can be found of course on I www.seussville.com and NEA's site http://www.nea.org/grants/886.htm

NEA usually providdes a mini grant of $100.00 to fund Seuss activities. With our financial times every little bit counts

[Kate Tamms]

Wow, these are all such great ideas! For our first Dr. Seuss week last year I served green eggs and ham to all students who were willing, and tallied votes on how many liked them. We also had fun learning the "Diffendoofer School Song" and singing it at an all-school assembly. I purchased this year's Kohl's Seuss characters, and they'll be joining their counterparts from previous years to decorate the library shelves. I can't wait to try some new ideas. Dr. Seuss is one of my favorites!

[Cynthia Alvarado]

I love doing Dr. Seuss. I have a "Cat in the Hat" costume that I wear to read Seuss books. I have also had video parties in the media center of Dr. Seuss movies. The Seussville website is great as well. I have used it in the computer lab, but now that I have a Promethean board in the media center, we could do it whole group.

[Amy King]

This is a late response but perhaps you can use this next year. I created a pathfinder on Read Across America resources for my teachers. (K-5) Here is the file. :)

[Rachel Brockman]

Ashley - I am hoping to get several people together from across the nation to read Dr. Seuss books to each other for Read Across America Day on March 2nd. I want to challenge our kids to see how many states our school can make contact with on that day (week). Not really sure how I want to structure it - need a good brains to bounce ideas off of! Interested?

[Tiffany Whitehead]

Since Dr. Seuss books are adored by all, I use Dr. Seuss day to get the community involved. I invite school board members, city council members, people from our district's central office, etc. to come and read a Dr. Seuss book to a class. This is an opportunity for them to meet our kids, see the library, and have some fun. Last year's event was such a success - I think the guest readers loved the experience as much as the kids did!