Dr. Seuss Birthday Activities and Fun

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Pocket Full of Therapy Dr. Seuss Product Highlight Join all “The Cat in the Hat” Characters to play this activity card game. On each turn a player flips over 3 of the 24 activity cards. When 1 red, 1 yellow and 1 blue card is turned over you have created a new challenge to try. Maybe you have to dance around a chair with the fish between your knees or jump to a door with the fish under your chin. Great group or family game. Builds motor planning, coordination, endurance and general game playing skills. For All Our Parents Here is a fun and healthy snack idea for next week! Draw Cat in the Hat with a Sharpee on your child's cheese stick! Messy Play Fun All you need is corn starch and water! Mix equal parts in a bowl or on a tray.  Is it a liquid or a solid? Can you write a letter before it disappears? Can you draw a shape? Scoop it up and pour into a friends hand- Can they catch all of it? Come visit us at AOTA in Chicago this April! Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Dr. Seuss Did You Know? 1. Theodore “Ted” Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts, “Seuss” was also his mother’s maiden name. 2. Dr. Seuss’ editor Bennett Cerf bet him he couldn’t write a book using 50 or fewer words. The result is 1960’s “Green Eggs and Ham.” 3.  Dr. Seuss has an even bigger impact on pop culture than you might think. The first recorded instance of the word “nerd” is in Seuss’ ‘If I Ran the Zoo’ published in 1950. Let's Celebrate Let's draw Cat In the Hat! Follow these visual cues to draw the Cat! Too many steps or too difficult? Try this fun Cat In the Hat craft. Paper plates, tissue paper or construction paper, and crayons is all you need to make this fun Cat In The Hat craft.  1. Color the outside of the paper plate black and draw a face in the middle.  2. Work on pattern copying while making his hat.  Use red tissue paper, rip into small pieces and crumple to promote hand skills.  Or you can color every other stripe red and white or practice cutting and cut stripes of red and white paper then glue to a hat shape.  Hop-Pop, Cat-Hat Group Activity Rhyming is the key to Dr. Seuss books! Tape pieces of paper on the floor, on  the paper/tape write words (hat, cat, hop, pop, hit, sit, lap, tap, dog, log, tin, pin).  You can use one set of rhyming words or too make the activity a little more interesting, add multiple rhyming words. -Pair up in teams of two. - Now one team member has to pick a word and the other has to find the rhyming word.  The team member standing on the word can call out the word and try to help their partner.  - Teams take turns finding a match until all words are gone.  - Once all the words are used by the students in your group, ask one student to switch their spot.  Now there partner has to find the matching rhyme word and move to it.  - A different way to play- give each team a word- When you say go they have to move toward the word and it's rhyming word- Who can get there first? Team work, socialization, and motor skills.  If finding rhyming words is too difficult, use upper case and lower case letters instead.  Work on math skills, with equations written on one card and the answer on another.  So 4-2 is on one card and your teammate has to find the answer, 2 and stand on it.  Add animal walks, hopping, or jumping to you cards instead of walking! Compiled by Lisa Walker OTR You're receiving this because you subscribed or placed an order with Pocket Full of Therapy. We will NEVER share or sell your info. Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe Contact Us: (800) PFOT-124 (732) 462-4474 *An OT is always available to answer questions or assist in selecting the right item!