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Dr Seuss Art
Contact_FullName: Sherry Landrum Contact_Email: Jutoro2002@yahoo.com Area: Dr. Seuss bulletin board Idea: Following a reading of THE CAT IN THE HAT, the students were given a tag board fish bowl and diluted blue tempera pain (watercolors would have worked but we were afraid of color mixing). While those dried the students were asked to pretend they were fish in a fishbowl (as part of a first grade benchmark that addresses interpreting text through movement, drawing, acting, etc) and their picture was taken. The photos were printed, cut out and glued to their fishbowls in an interesting way. The bowls were then stacked on various parts of the Cat in the Hat. It's fun to have fun but you have to know how! Contact_FullName: Debby Contact_Email: debbysommer@sbcglobal. net Area: Dr. Suess -Art Idea: After reading One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish I had my class glue on goldfish crackers on a piece of construction paper in which I cut out to look like a fish bowl. I even used colored goldfish crackers for the red and blue! When it dried, I wrapped the bowl with plastic wrap to make it look more like a fish bowl. We even served goldfish crackers for snack that day! Contact_FullName: wendy Contact_Email: gr82laff@hotmail.com date:: 02/24/08 Idea: The Foot Book After reading the foot book we have "FOOT DAY", First the kids can get their feet painted and walk across the butcher paper, then they can soak their feet in a warm sudsy foot bath, after that they can pick out some great smelling lotion(check with parents for any allergies) and put it on their feet, I also tape some bubble wrap to the floor for them to walk and jump on. We always have a great time on foot day. Contact_FullName: Danica Contact_Email: danilynn_33@yahoo.com Area: Dr. Seuss Idea: Start by reading "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" Pre-fold traditional origami hats for each kid (I promise it's not too hard) Then they can decorate however they want. Contact_FullName: Danica Contact_Email: danilynn_33@yahoo.com Area: Dr. Seuss Idea: After reading "The Sneetches", I had a pre-done outline of a Sneetch. My kids then colored them and I had sticky stars on the table for them. Some added 1 or 2 stars and some had none. 2-5-01Read "Oh, the places you go!" and have the children name the places they go throughout the day or week in school. On large white paper draw small illustrations for the places the children give and then draw tracks to track the places they go. This can also be done on large white paper and have the children make feet or hand prints from paint tracking the places they go.
8-21-00In most of the Dr. Seuss stories the creatures are all very imaginative and unusual. After reading One fish, two fish, or any other book with unusual creatures, give the children toilet paper tubes, pipe cleaners, felt, yarn, puff balls, googly eyes and other misc. other items and have them create their own creature. After they're dry help the kids create their own story about them.
7-26-00After reading the Foot book. I brought in some old shoes and the children painted the bottoms of the shoes and made shoe prints. We observed the different prints. We called it "Feet! Feet! Feet! Oh, how many feet I meet!" We also painted the students feet and did feet prints the children love doing this and for a picture frame around our foot print we cut out shoes from magazines and newspaper ads.
Date: 3-12-00Read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish to your class. Then have the title of the book printed on a piece of white paper with the paper being horizontal and the words running across the bottom of the paper. Back this on a piece of construction paper. Next have the children color it blue. Next paint one hand red and one hand blue and have them put their handprints on the paper (one red and one blue). Then have them add bubbles using an empty film canister and dipping it into the pain and pressing it on the paper near each fish a couple of times. When this is dry, the children can use markers to draw an eye and a mouth on each fish. This is a great way to reinforce colors and left and right. Enjoy!
Date: 3-8-00While studying a unit on Dr. Seuss, I read the story Gertrude McFuzz to my class. After the story I gave them feathers and googly eyes to use to create their own Gertrude. I asked them how many feathers their bird had and we counted them together. The kids had a blast.
Date: 3-5-00We made "Cat in the Hat" hats. We used Styrofoam plates and cut a hole big enough to fit the child's head, then we used big red construction paper with strips of white construction paper glued on the red for the stripes. We rolled the red/white into a cylinder shape and taped it to the plate to make a hat. It was really cute and the kids loved it. They wore them all day!
Date: 3-1-00Foot Book idea Have children paint feet and walk around on butcher paper.
Date: 3-1-00After reading The Shape of Me, let the children lay down on large pieces of white paper and trace their shape. This can be used by itself or you can embellish the shapes with other shapes. For example, they can use triangles to give themselves a hat, ovals for shoes, etc.
Date: 3-1-00Read The Foot Book. Have the children trace their feet on various colors of construction paper. Then "manipulate" the feet in a variety of ways: sort them by left and right feet, sort by size, sort by color, etc. Then use the feet to make rainbow of feet for the bulletin board or tape them to the floor for a fun trail to follow.
Date: 3-1-00Read Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now. Have the children think of a fun way to "go" (real or imaginary), and then illustrate it on a piece of paper. Use the illustrations and the children's words describing their work to make a great bulletin board. For example: "You can go on a giraffe's neck."
Date: 2-29-00Make a Cat in the Hat tie. Make a large tie pattern (use the large construction paper). Trace one for each preschooler. Wear a silly tie on the day you decorate the ties. Each preschooler decorates a tie, cuts it out and wears it. Compare to The Cat in the Hat. Talk about patterns and designs. Place ties in the home living area for dress-up.
Date: 1-24-00Using paper bags and painting red and white strips on the bags and now you have a Dr Seuss hat .. and take the kids pictures and draw on a black nose and some whiskers on the kids faces .....
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