March 5: Preschool Storytime: Dr. Seuss

(Reminder note: When it is time to read a story, I read the titles of three books and then display them. The children pick which one we read. The three fictional ones listed below are the ones they picked. The other recommended Dr. Seuss books for four to six year olds are listed at the bottom.)

Opening song:                                                    
(Tune: "The Farmer in the Dell")

                        

We tap hola like this

We tap hola like this

Hi-ho cherry

We tap hola like this

Continue with other verses:

We drop hola like this...

We circle hola like this...

We spin hola like this...

We toss hola like this...

We roll hola like this...


INTRODUCTION: I explained that on Monday, it was the birthday of an author we know that wrote many books for children. I held up a picture of Dr. Seuss, and I asked if anyone recognized him. None of the children did. I explained that even though Dr. Seuss has passed away, we still celebrate Dr. Seuss Day in March.

Today we are doing the letter Dd for doctor.

Held up D and d
Talked about sound of Dd
Talked about things that start with Dd
Make a lowercase d in the air
Put the alphabet chart on the floor. Let each child take the pointer and point to the letter Dd.



BOOK: "I Am Not Going to Get Up Today" by Dr. Seuss

I gave each parent a copy of the words to the songs that have to do with the theme. I told the children to find a letter Dd in the words and point to out to their parent. 

ACTION AND SHAKER SONG: (We first sing all the words in English and then change a few words to Spanish.)

“S-E-U-S-S”
(Tune: “B-I-N-G-O”)

There was a man/hombre who wrote silly stories/cuentos
And Seuss was his name-oh
S-E-U-S-S
S-E-U-S-S
S-E-U-S-S
Oh, his stories/cuentos are such fun to read.

There was a man/hombre who wrote silly stories/cuentos
And Seuss was his name-oh
(Clap)-E-U-S-S
(Clap)-E-U-S-S
(Clap)-E-U-S-S
Oh, his stories/cuentos are such fun to read.

There was a man/hombre who wrote silly stories/cuentos
And Seuss was his name-oh
(Clap)-(Clap)-U-S-S
(Clap)-(Clap)-U-S-S
(Clap)-(Clap)-U-S-S
Oh, his stories/cuentos are such fun to read.

There was a man/hombre who wrote silly stories/cuentos
And Seuss was his name-oh
(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-S-S
(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-S-S
(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-S-S
Oh, his stories/cuentos are such fun to read.

There was a man/hombre who wrote silly stories/cuentos
And Seuss was his name-oh
(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-S
(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-S
(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)`-S
Oh, his stories/cuentos are such fun to read.

There was a man/hombre who wrote silly stories/cuentos
And Seuss was his name-oh
(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)
(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)
(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)-(Clap)
Oh, his stories/cuentos are such fun to read.

BOOK #2: "Fox in Socks" by Dr. Seuss

MOVEMENT SONG: (We first sing all the words in English and then change a few words to Spanish.)

“The Cat in the Hat”
(Tune: “The Addams Family”)

The cat/gato in the hat/sombrero (snap, snap or clap, clap)
The cat/gato in the hat/sombrero (snap, snap or clap, clap)
The cat/gato in the hat/sombrero, the cat in the hat (snap, snap or clap, clap)
The cat/gato in the hat (snap, snap or clap, clap)


He causes so much fun
But when the fun is done
You will be the one
To send that cat away!





BOOK #3: "What Pet Should I Get?" by Dr. Seuss

Goodbye song:                                                  

(Tune: "The Farmer in the Dell") 

                         

We tap adios like this

We tap adios like this

Hi-ho cherry

We tap adios like this

Continue with other verses:

We drop adios like this...

We circle adios like this...

We spin adios like this...

We toss adios like this...

 We roll adios like this...

Craft Time:  

I modeled the rainbow writing page for letter Dd, the Dd dot page, and the craft before the children starting working on them. Before starting the craft, the children write the given letter using 3 different colors of crayons. I have attached a link to the free rainbow writing letters I used. Completing the dot page is optional.

You can find free rainbow writing letters here. Since they are free, they lack a dot for where to start. print one off, add the dots with a black marker, and then make copies of that one. You can find the dot pages here. 

Click here for a link for letter formation prompts for capital and lowercase letters. Children need to spend more time working on the lowercase letters than on the capital letters.


Craft: Thing 1 and Thing 2 Blow Painting
Source of idea: https://iheartcraftythings.com/thing-1-2-dr-seuss-craft.html

My Example

                           

               

Materials:

1. White cardstock
2. Template
3. Water
4. Cups
5. Pipettes
6. Straws cut in half
7. Powder paint or liquid watercolors
8.Markers

Instructions:
See link above for full instructions. After downloading the template for free from teacherspayteachers.com, I printed one off on computer paper. I covered the number one with Wite Out to make a template for Thing 2.

*All photos are with parent permission.

I always let the children pick which three books I read from the ones I bring with me. These are the additional suggested books that the children didn't pick:

1. "Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!" by Dr. Seuss
2. "The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss
3. "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss
4. "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss
5. "Great Day for Up" by Dr. Seuss
6. "Dr. Seuss's Book of Animals" by Dr. Seuss
7. "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" by Dr. Seuss
8. "I Can Read with My Eyes Shut" by Dr. Seuss
9. "Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please go Now" by Dr. Seuss