Mandy's Memories: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

For Dr. Seuss' birthday this week, we celebrated him every day with a fun activity.

We had a visit from the Cat in the Hat one day, we participated in D.E.A.R (Drop Everything and Read) each day for a few minutes, we had special guest readers, we graphed if we like to eat Green Eggs and Ham, and we dressed as our favorite Dr. Seuss characters. We read so many of his stories and determined they were all fiction and we wrote sentence about what we would do if Thing 1 and Thing 2 came to our house. We also created the cutest Thing 1 and thing 2's with our hands(but I forgot to take a picture) to hang in the hallway.

Here is my little Thing 1 with some wild, blue hair!

Last week I went to the annual Read Across America Book Giveaway. My good friend Melissa got me started and it is so much fun to participate in. We always get there 20 minutes before the doors open to get in line and it is like a teacher's Christmas. I was standing in line with a group this year and they were so excited as this was their first time coming. They could not believe how crazy the people run in when the doors open. I got a huge teacher bag full of books, Tim had a suitcase full and Houston had a box he was pushing around. My kids were so excited to see new books and hear new stories this week. I also got some for friends too! These books are in such good shapes, you would not believe the books that were donated.

Here is Houston with the Cat in the Hat at the Giveaway. He also had his picture taken with a group of kids for the local Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper with the Cat.

Yesterday, the kids could dress up like their favorite Dr.Seuss character. I encouraged my students to all dress like Thing 1 and Thing 2. They were so cute! Blue hair and all. (Notice I have a Cindy Lou Hoo and Cat in the Hat too)

This is such a fun time of year, especially for my Kindergarten students. They love to particpate in all the fun.