Bloggers Inspired by Dr. Seuss

Look no further, if you need an idea to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday you can find something simple or elaborate on one of these bloggers’ lists.


There are so many fabulous ideas from bloggers, teachers, parents and more online now. I can’t keep up with it all.  I have loved gathering ideas in my Dr. Seuss Link Collection and Pinterest Board with 1,500+ ideas (see links on the right side bar).  But, I wanted to share more resource lists with you to help you prep for Read Across America Day, celebrated this Friday. I love that you can refer to these lists each year to find new ways to celebrate.

The site I see referred to most on Pinterest for Dr. Seuss activities is I Can Teach My Child.  Jenae has been one of my favorite bloggers I’ve watched over the years. She has a variety of simple activities you can do at home or school to connect to Dr. Seuss books.

Jenae is also an excellent literacy resource. She wrote this e-book, I Can Teach My Child to Read!, which is on sale through Friday (but always a great price). I’ve been browsing through it and really wish I had a hard copy to refer to more often. I love all her tips.

Mom Endeavors rounded up 75+ Dr. Seuss Activity Ideas.


Angie at The Country Chic Cottage blog created a list of 40+ Dr. Seuss activities.


She created this free printable Dr. Seuss Cootie Catcher. This is my favorite quick craft I’ve seen this year. I printed one out and my kids played with it today.


The Teaching Blog Addict has over 30+ Dr. Seuss activity ideas, including tons of printable worksheets and great classroom ideas.


The Educator’s Spin on It gathered 30+ Lorax ideas.


They also have a virtual book club which is a collection of 100+ links with Dr. Seuss book activity ideas.


Jamerrill from Free Home School Deals has over 100 ideas on this post.


Jill gathered 50+ great Dr. Seuss snack ideas.


Motherhood on a Dime collected 30 great Dr. Seuss ideas.


Learn with Play at Home features several of their favorite Dr. Seuss activities and has a great Link list of 100+ ideas.


Amy, from Some of the Best Things in Life are Mistakes, shares her favorite Dr. Seuss finds on Pinterest.


Parent Teach Play has 60+ ideas on their link list.


J Daniel 4’s Mom has 20+ ideas to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday.


Deborah at TEACH PRESCHOOL has 40+ links of Dr. Seuss activities.

Deb at PreK and K Sharing has a great Montessori Dr. Seuss activity

This post shares 27 of my personal Dr. Seuss activities.


And, don’t forget my Pinterest boards with 1,500+ Dr. Seuss ideas collected.


And you’re sure to find something that catches your eye at my Dr. Seuss Link Collection with 300+ ideas.

Add these all up (sure there is bound to be some overlap) and you’ll find thousands of ideas to pull from to celebrate reading with Dr. Seuss. Leave a message below if you have links for other Dr. Seuss ideas.

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I’ve been collecting Dr. Seuss ideas for over a year now. It has been so fun to see this linky party grow with amazing ideas.
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This link collection is a place to share ideas for bringing Dr. Seuss books to life. I keep these links as a resource throughout the year on the tab at the top of this blog. You can come back later in the year and add your project or get ideas anytime.

• EDUCATIONAL: Dr. Seuss activities, crafts, games, free printables, worksheets, classroom units and readathon ideas.
• CELEBRATIONS: Dr. Seuss Parties, Cakes, treats, baby showers, birthday parties, Read Across America Day, Dr. Seuss' Birthday, costumes, recipes.
• DECORATING: Dr. Seuss nursery, playroom, child's room, classroom, bulletin boards.

Guidelines: Any, family-friendly, Dr. Seuss related link is welcome. I will add some links that I find while searching the web but bloggers, teachers, crafters and parents are welcome to link-up their projects.  I will watch for new ideas and feature some on my blog. (Please do not list commercial items. If you'd like to sponsor this blog or place an ad, please contact Victoria at obSEUSSed (at) live (dot) com.)

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For those of you on Pinterest you can also find more than 1,000 Dr. Seuss crafts, parties and activities on my ObSEUSSed with Dr. Seuss Pinterest board.
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Some similar Dr. Seuss Linky Parties to check out:

• Dr. Seuss Celebration Linky Party at Happy Birthday Author
  
• SEUSS-per Linky Party at Mrs. Bainbridge's Class blog.
  
• Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss Linky Party - hosted by 15 blogs.
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Best Books for Boys: Book Review

My five-year-old son is currently learning sight-words.  We read plenty of picture books together but I’m trying to figure out the next step to help him learn to love reading.
 
How Do You Get Boys to Love Reading and What Books Should They Try?

I was thrilled to see this new book from Scholastic, Pam Allyn’s Best Books for Boys (K-8). How to Engage Boys in Reading in Ways That Will Change Their Lives.

Pam is also a mom and literacy advocate. She is the Executive Director of LitLife and LitWorld, organizations developing strategies for children’s literacy on the national and global level. In this book she focuses on strategies to encourage boys to love reading. Just what I was looking for.

I had heard friends say that it was harder to get boys reading than girls and Pam shares a list of statistics supporting that boys do struggle with reading more. Because of that, she founded and directs an initiative called Books for Boys and created this book for teachers and parents to use as a guide. 

Pam gives a variety of modern tips about how to engage boys in reading. She suggests books aren’t the only things we should have boys read. Additional reading options include video games, texting, sports page/magazines, websites and blogs.  Anything that interests them, encourage them to keep reading. Surround them with words. We also shouldn’t stereotype books into gender as it is just as fine for boys to read Anne of Green Gables as much as Diary of a Wimpy Kid.  Find out what they are interested in and find something they can read about it.

Pam presents the “READ Model” including four elements to create a love of reading.

R- Ritual

E – Environment

A- Access

D- Dialogue

We need to create a reading environment, make reading accessible, make reading a habit and talk about what we are reading.

The final and largest section of the book, Pam shares her favorite books for boys by reading level and genre. Starting with Flat Stanley for emerging readers, she gives a description of each book she suggests and gives a discussion or activity idea to go with each book.

This book was very well organized and will be a great reference book to use now and as my son grows older. Pam Allyn’s Best Books for Boys is a much needed resource for anyone teaching boys to read. After reading this book, I can’t wait to check out the books Pam suggests for emerging readers. I’ve already put several books on hold at the library that I hadn’t heard of.
 
CREATING A READING ENVIRONMENT:
 
I loved how Pam separated her picks into categories so much that I decided to organize the books in my son’s room by genre so he could find his favorite books better.
I grabbed some containers from IKEA and grouped his books into categories. 
     Box #1 – Trucks, Trains and Cars
     Box #2 – Dinosaurs and Animals
     Box #3 – Story books, Pirates and Lego
     Box #4 – Superhero books, Star Wars and Firefighters

He has a transportation themed room so we have the alphabet train (a classroom border) along the wall so we can play letter games and recite the alphabet together. (Anything to get more letters around him.)

I found some pictures on Google Images to match my categories and printed them out. Some were outline images I had my son color to get him involved. Then I helped him sound out the words to match the pictures and put them on the boxes.

What are your favorite boy books?  My son has been on a pirate kick lately.

Disclosure: I was sent a free electronic copy of Pam Allyn’s Best Books for Boys. All opinions are truthful and my own.


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