A Very Seussical Saturday

We officially celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday for the first time this year!  This time last year, I was readjusting to being home; and just starting to explore this idea of homeschooling, even though I had always considered it.  March is also a very busy month for us with Laken's birthday, and she was still only three last year.  So, I did see all the fun activities on pinterest, but I just added it to the list of "Things to do next year."  Well, I can't say we are any less busy this year, more so in fact, but I'm glad that I took the time to make good on my intent to celebrate with Laken.

OUR BOOK LIST:

The Cat in the Hat

Green Eggs and Ham

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

The Lorax

Go, Dog. Go!

Happy Birthday to You!

FUN WITH FOOD

I saw this on pinterest last year, but didn't end up coming across it this year.  I was in the kitchen making green eggs and ham, Laken was watching a Cat in the Hat cartoon, I saw a banana, and somehow retrieved the idea from my internal memory bank.  I got excited when I remembered we had strawberries, too!

She loved it, of course!

Yes, I made green eggs and ham.  Laken wanted them to look just like they did in the book.  But how to dye a fried, or sunny side up egg?  I decided to try putting a drop of food coloring on my griddle, and the egg soaked it right up.  We eat mostly natural food, and try to avoid dyes.  I am not disappointed that no one in our family ate much of their breakfast.  I am a little disappointed that we ruined perfectly delicious organic eggs and canadian bacon with food coloring.  This was a first, and a last, for us; but at least we can say we tried it!

LEARNING ACTIVITY

I decided on goldfish graphing.  You can find the goldfish graph here.  I was excited to see that the colored goldfish are made with natural dyes.  We prefer Annie's cheddar bunnies as an alternative to goldfish, but I can bend the rules occasionally.  For my homeschooler, I laminated the graph so it can be reused; and she used dry-erase crayons to color it.

CRAFTS

We made baked cotton ball truffula trees!

I used neon food coloring to get the colors I wanted.

Going in the oven.

While the cotton balls were baking, we went on a nature walk to collect sticks for our tree trunks.  Painting the tree trunks didn't hold her attention for very long, though.

Laken adored her truffula trees!  

When she was done using them as props for play, I made a sensory bin out of just the baked cotton balls.  She loves cracking open the truffulas!







I really hoped to do a traffic light craft for Go, Dog. Go! But Laken obviously had her fill of crafts for the day.  I am still hoping to do this with her soon!

Here are a couple you can choose from:

Paper plate traffic light

Tissue & contact paper traffic light
window art

For bedtime, we read Happy Birthday to You! for Dr. Seuss; which is something we usually do on Laken's birthday... now less than three weeks away!