Kilcommins' Kindergarten: Learning- Seussical style

Theodor Geisel, more commonly known as Dr. Seuss was an expert at rhyming and making reading a fun and silly experience. We have spent the last several weeks enjoying all the fun these books had to offer. The photos and descriptions to follow will provide a snapshot into our learning experiences you can talk with your children about.

Introductory lesson.

Here is a link to the Google Slides I used with the children to begin this new theme.

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Introduction to Theodor Geisel

Here are a few activities we explored with.

Building word families

Dr. Seuss books have many rhyming words and words in the same word family. Several activities this week had the children practicing these skills.

Building CVC words - real and nonsense words

THE FOOT BOOK inspired us to have our feet painted...

Seuss-y math activities

Measuring our own foot prints with non-standard units;

Which one doesn't belong?

Children take turns explaining their thinking as to why they feel one of the pictures is the one that does not belong with the others. #growthmindset