I’ve loved Dr. Seuss books for many years. And Dr. Seuss books were some of my now-adult children’s favorite books, too.
The books in the photo are Dr. Seuss books that were lovingly read over and over in our home. If you’re wondering how they still look as good as they do, you can find out in this post: How to Help Your Child Treasure Books.
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In honor of Read Across America, I’m sharing a couple of simple ideas for creating Dr. Seuss practical life activities based on Dr. Seuss’s books The Cat in the Hat
and The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.
Cat in the Hat Pom Pom Transfer using Quick Sticks
Cat in the Hat Pom Pom Transfer using Quick Sticks
The free printable I used for this activity is a top hat template from ABC Teach. I used a large plastic tray, quick sticks (which are very cool), and a 3½” diameter glass bowl from Montessori Services. I always keep a supply of pom poms of various colors and sizes on hand since they work well for many Montessori-inspired activities.
Hat with Pom Pom Stripes
I like to add practical life skills like transferring to subject areas such as math and language, too. This activity, though, is a simple practical life transferring activity that has added interest because it’s literature based.
Cat in the Hat Pom Pom Transfer using a Strawberry Huller
Cat in the Hat Pom Pom Transfer using a Strawberry Huller
For this activity, I used the Montessori Services 2¼” diameter glass bowl, clear acrylic tray and strawberry huller from the small tongs activities, and the top hat printable sized for a 5×7″ page. The clear acrylic trays are very versatile and a great size for many activities. For this particular activity, though, a medium-size tray would probably be best. Ideally, I’d use a red medium-size tray.
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I love this activity, and I am sure my girls will, too!
Thanks, Shaunna! I had fun putting it together! 🙂
Deb,
Thanks for the great Dr. Seuss activities! I have pinned to my Dr. Seuss Pinterest Board. Thanks for hosting Montessori Monday, I always find great ideas here! Have a blessed week.
Thanks for your kind comment, Nicole! And I appreciate your pinning my post. I hope you have a blessed week, too! 🙂
Great activity to work on transferring. This will be perfect for my son.
Thanks, Jodie! I hope he has fun with it! 🙂
Great idea! Simple yet effective and fun. p.s. Thanks for sending traffic our way via Pinterest 🙂
Thanks so much, Rachel! And I’m happy I could help send traffic your way! 🙂
Those activities are fabolous. That hat one is one of my favorite cat in the hat activities ever.
Thanks so much for your sweet comment, Jen! I really had a lot of fun putting it together. 🙂
Thanks for hosting! I’ve added your button to my post. 🙂
Thanks so much, Melinda! I appreciate your adding the button to your post! 🙂
I love this activity! Thanks for linking it to Tuesday Tots. I’ll be featuring it on my site this Tuesday. Have a great day 🙂
Thanks so much, Debs! I really appreciate that you featured my post! 🙂
haha, I’ve just realised I’ve already featured this before. Well, thanks for linking it to Tuesday Tots again.. I’m featuring it again. lol
So many great ideas! Thanks for sharing and linking up to TGIF!
Beth =-)
Thanks, Beth! I had fun with it … and I always love linking up at TGIF! 🙂
Great ideas as always! You are so creative. I am featuring your post in a Dr. Seuss Round-up for Share IT Saturday tomorrow. Thanks for linking up.
Thanks so much for your kind comment, Karyn! And thanks for featuring my post! 🙂
Love these ideas!! Featuring this post tomorrow on the Sunday Showcase! 🙂
Thanks so much! I really appreciate your kind words and your featuring my post! 🙂