Oobleck

Have you ever read this book?  Have you ever made oobleck?

It is the   cRaziesT stuff!

It acts like a liquid when being poured and like a solid when a force is acting on it.  So you can pick it up out of the bowl but then it will ooze out of your fingers!

Here is how you make it:

1 cup water {with some food coloring mixed in}

1.5-2 cups corn starch {if you want runnnier oobleck use 1.5, harder oobleck use 2 cups}

mix it up with your hands

Then have LoTS of fun!

A great way to combine book reading with hands on fun.

Horton Hatches the Egg

We started this craft on Dr. Seuss' birthday - but since its paper mache it takes a while!

I had never read the book 'Horton Hatches the Egg'.  It's really cute!  The kids enjoyed it and learned the value of holding to your word, just like Horton.

"I meant what I said

And I said what I meant....

An elephant's faithful

One hundred per cent!"

So we made the egg that Horton so faithfully tended too.

I mixed up water and flour to a goopy consistency and helped the kids apply strips of gooped up paper to their balloons.  Matthew did not want to do this craft.  He did not like the feel of the mixture and thought it was all together too messy.  Jillian enjoyed the mess!

They took a few days to really dry, then we painted them red.  We waited another day for that to dry and then added the white spots.

As soon as the eggs were complete the kids wanted to CRACK them open - they knew that I had stuffed some treats for them inside the balloons before I blew them up.  The eggs had no chance to survive knowing there was candy inside.

To me, it seemed sad to see the eggs destroyed as soon as they were finished - but it's the experience right?

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Dr. Seuss Day

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

  

Matthew and I had some more Dr. Seuss fun today while Nathan slept away in his favorite sleeping spot - the swing.

Ten Apples up on Top

This activity is pretty self explanatory.....I traced Matthew on a long sheet of paper (which he thought was great) and colored him in.  Then I cut an apple in half and we stamped the apple onto the paper with red paint.

The FOOT Book

 We also read The FOOT Book and then made a FOOT Book for Matthew!

You just need a long piece of paper and lots of paint.  Oh - and a wash up sink near by!

Left foot.  Right foot.

Feet.  Feet.  Feet.

Oh, how many feet you meet!

Matthew's Foot Book!

Have fun!

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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

Tomorrow is Dr. Seuss's Birthday!

Sarah has been coming home with lots of Dr. Seuss stuff from school.  Yesterday she only wanted to read Dr. Seuss and tomorrow she is to wear red and white in honor of his birthday.  I thought that I would run with all her enthusiasm and print out some Dr. Seuss activities and worksheets for all of us to do.

The Cat in the Hat

I printed out the famous RED and WHITE striped hat so the kids could turn themselves into the Cat.

Here are their self portraits.

Matthew as the Cat in the Hat     Jillian as the Cat in the Hat

I love how Jillian saw the cat's bowtie and immediately said that her bowtie would be a hairbow.

Sarah saw Jillian's hairbow and wanted to do that too.

There's a Wocket in My Pocket

Then we read There's a Wocket in my Pocket.  I had the kids draw and cut out what was in their pockets.  Matthew had a 'shlocket' and Jillian had a 'clocket' - to which she also had to add a baby 'clocket'.

I found a whole unit on Dr. Seuss at What the Teacher Wants.  This is where I found the printables for the Hat and the Pocket.  The unit also has a bunch of fun Dr. Seuss worksheets.

I know I'm a day early on this post but wanted to get some ideas out there in case any readers want to have a Dr. Seuss day too!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!