After reading “One Fish, Two Fish,” make a splash with some fishy activities. Have the kids cut several fish shapes out of blue and red construction paper. Pull out a adhesive-backed magnet strip and cut it into small one-half inch squares. The kids can pull the backs off of the magnet strip pieces and stick them on the fish. Hot-glue a magnet to the end of a three-foot long piece of string and tie the string to a dowel to make the fishing pole. Now the kids have their own red and blue fish set to play fishing. Afterwards, mix up some blue gelatin and throw in some Swedish fish. Once the blue stuff is set, your class has a tasty treat.
“The Lorax” provides several earth-friendly lessons. Make it a silly, yet educational, adventure by creating some Lorax mustaches for each of the kids. Have each child draw a funny mustache design on paper, cut it out and tape it to a craft stick. Then the children should use white glue to attach some fluff to the mustache. This can be tissue paper, pillow stuffing, yarn, pom poms, fabric scraps or any other random material. As the kids play around with their mustaches, explain to them that they also get to make a "thneed," like in the book. Explain how to finger knit with yarn or simply have them make knots with string. Have them imagine what their thneed is used for. You can also have each kid plant some sort of plant seed in a plastic cup filled with soil. Describe how plants help filter the air, and send the plant home with them.
Step out with some activities-to-go with the “The Foot Book.” The day before you plan on reading the book, encourage the kids to come to class with their favorite silly socks on. The day of the activity, have the kids gather in your classroom's story area without their shoes. Once you’re done reading the book, have the kids trace their feet on some wacky paper. This can be construction paper, wallpaper scraps, scrapbooking paper or decorated paper. After each child has two feet drawn, labeled with a name and cut out, tape the feet around the classroom.
The cat in the hat would love to have fun with your class while the mothers is away. Before the kids get to class, hide Thing 1 and Thing 2 dolls around the classroom. After reading “The Cat in the Hat,” tell the kids that the dolls are hidden and the first to find each gets to hide them again later. As a craft activity to coincide with this book, make a red and white striped hat. Use an 11-by-14-inch piece of white construction paper, red construction paper strips and a glue stick for the tall section of the hat. For the brim and top of the hat, grab a paper plate, cut an “O” section out of the plate to fit the top of the hat and tape that in place. Use the leftover piece of plate for the rim or grab another and cut to fit the child’s head.