Young scholars explore the themes of the book Swimmy by Leo Lionni. In this literacy lesson, students dramatize a character from Swimmy and identify common themes such as cooperation and caring. Young scholars create a new ending to the...

Students listen to story Joseph Had A Little Overcoat to explore people from another culture and how one item can be used to make other items; students use scraps of fabric and other knickknacks to create pictures or toys.

Students identify five senses, draw parts of body that relate to each of the senses, hear different sounds in the environment, write those experiences in their journals, and list at least four objects/things that relate to each of the...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ch/ consonant digraph. As a class they recite a Ch tongue twister, then trace and write the letters ch. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the words containing the...

In this ABC's instructional activity, students cut out six pictures of characters from Dr. Seuss books. Students paste the pictures in boxes with corresponding first letters.

Students explore language arts by reading Dr. Seuss stories in class. In this word play lesson, students identify the rhymes in both Dr. Seuss and Nursery Rhyme stories. Students utilize flash cards with rhymes written on them to play a...

Students complete study on butterflies using real caterpillars, keep individual daily journals of observations, and complete timeline for their caterpillar/butterfly.

Students listen to the book, "The Grouchy Ladybug" by Eric Carle and sequence the events in the story. Using a graph, they draw and color the animals that the ladybug meets next to the corresponding time from the story, and conduct...

Students read My Many Colored Days as a class, explore their feelings about colors, illustrate what they think about colors, explore the author Dr. Seuss, and create an accordion style book.

Students explore the concept of retelling a story.  In this retelling lesson, students use Play-Doh to create models of the objects in Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  Students use these models to to retell the...

Students listen to the book Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do you See. They use a variety of art mediums to re-create large animal shapes representing the animals from the book, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See.

Students read My Five Senses: A Lion's Tale. In this five senses lesson, students understand the relationship between their five senses and how they affect their food choices. Students write journal entries about their senses and the...

Students experience an art project as a follow up to reading The Rainbow Fish.

Learners practice previously learned skills to the theme of "Dr. Seuss books".

Students listen to Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and work collaboratively to create a chair for a small stuffed animal that will allow it to sit upright and withstand a short drop out of Legos. Students write about the engineering...

Students enter the classroom, half of them are given die-cut stars. They are told to keep the star for later. At the start of the day, the students with stars a piece of candy. Students brainstorm how it feels to get/not get a piece...

The young scholars recall events from Dr. Seuss' story The Lorax and make connections to environmental issues affecting their lives. They are expected to reflect on the facts of the story and respond verbally stating the inferences they...

A math learning exercise with a Dr. Seuss theme prompts youngsters to solve 12 subtraction problems (one digit subtracted from one digit). There are whimsical Dr. Seuss drawings for each problem for learners to mark the...

In this story telling activity, students listen to the story "The Little Red Hen", color and cut out five farm animals to make finger puppets and six kitchen or farm items.

In this song lyrics worksheet, students enjoy singing a song about the events in the story of The Three Little Pigs. These words are set to the tune of "Here We Go Looby Loo."

Demonstrate different motor activities to honor Dr. Seuss's birthday. A literacy-based physical education lesson prompts young readers to perform group activities such as tumbling, jumping rope, throwing frisbees, and hopping....

Students explore insects through literacy, In this literacy lesson, students discover the characteristics of ladybugs and gain information from the text, "The Grouchy Ladybug". Students go on a "bug hunt".

Students explore the concepts of community. In this communities lesson, students listen and respond to the story of The Little Red Hen and discuss ways to contribute to their own community. Students recognize the importance of...