Today's Classroom Activities :

Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday!

Celebrate Theodore Geisel's birthday, who was born on March 2, 1904 and is better known as Dr. Seuss!

Eating Green
Health/Nutrition March can be a confusing month, nutrition-wise, as it's both Dr. Seuss' birthday month (March 2) – a popular time to cook green eggs and ham – and National Nutrition Month. Have your students brainstorm the names of green things that can and should be eaten and green things that should not be eaten (or eaten only occasionally). Take some surveys about which green vegetables are the most popular in your room. Are there students who have never tried some green foods, like Brussels sprouts or kale? How many like green M&Ms?

Dear Dr. Seuss
Writing For Read Across America Day, have your students write letters to Dr. Seuss. Have samples of his books in the room to help them get started. If Dr. Seuss were alive, what could they tell him about how books have changed in 50 years? What's new in the world? What might he include in his books today? Do you see cell phones in his books? Do his books make sounds or light up?

Birthday Hats
Reading/Art In preparation for Dr. Seuss' birthday on March 2, create the traditional Cat in the Hat striped hats with variations. Make the stripes different colors and have children label the colors. In each stripe, list the title and author of a book read, or the characters, setting, plot, genre of the book. You can also use this favorite decoration as a teaching tool.

How To... Celebrate the Seussentennial? Over one hundred years of delightful nonsense yields great classroom and Internet activities.

That cat! The Cat in the Hat (Random House, 1957) turned 50 this month last year. Host a party to celebrate Dr. Seuss' ground-breaking 236-word book. Read aloud Seuss-style poems. Find out about Seuss' March 2 birthday bash at www.seussville.com/CITH_50th

You can visit www.seussville.com for more information.