National Read Across America Day is on March 2 every year, to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday! This was always a fun theme for Honey Pot and Little M&M. Sweet E did a few activities this year too, but we focused just on The Cat in the Hat, one of her favorite Seuss books!
Thing 1 and Thing 2 Blow Painting
I took an image of Thing 1 and Thing 2 from the internet, and erased their hair in Photoshop Elements. Then I watered down some blue paint, dropped a bit above each head, and showed Sweet E how to blow through the straw.
This was a fun way to paint, and looks super cute when it's done!
Visual Discrimination - Hat Matching
I've had this matching game since 2013! The free printable comes from Joyfully Weary, and I've used it with all three kids!
Gluing Rhymes
This free printable comes from TotSchooling. Rhymes were such a hard concept for Sweet E, but it has finally clicked for her! She often brings it up in conversation now, pointing out rhymes that she knows.
Scissor Practice
I just used some Cat in the Hat stickers, and drew tracing lines leading up to them.
Sweet E loved this, and asked for more when she finished!
Upper/Lowercase Matching
This free printable also comes from TotSchooling. Instead of printing out all the letters though, Sweet E used a paper punch to make red and white circles from scrap paper, and I wrote the letters on. We left this out on her table throughout the day, and she came back to it to match up the letters throughout the day. Doing 26 at once is a bit project!
Board Games
We happen to have two Cat in the Hat games in our game closet, and they are two of her favorite games ever! Highly, highly recommend these for 3-4 year olds! We pulled these out often to play this week!
