Fun Dr Seuss Birthday lesson plans and creative kids activities, crafts, classroom resources, printables and lessons to celebrate your favorite Dr Seuss characters and classic book read alouds — perfect for Read Across America Day / Week for all ages or March crafts — preschool ideas, lessons for kindergarten, or Dr Seuss Day activities for middle school students and up (older kids) all based around your favorite Dr. Seuss books!
DR. SEUSS DAY IDEAS AND KIDS ACTIVITIES
If you’re wondering what can I teach during Dr Seuss week, we’ve got you more than covered with enough ideas and Dr Seuss theme lesson plans, Dr Seuss teaching resources, Dr seuss crafts, and Dr Seuss book activities! Great for unit studies!
How is Dr Seuss Day celebrated?
What do you do on Dr. Seuss day?
- Read Dr. Seuss books
- Do Dr Seuss writing activities
- Play Guess What’s In The Cat’s Hat
- Dress up like Dr. Seuss characters
- Play Seuss Bingo
- Make some Seuss inspired sensory bins for little hands to practice fine motor skills
- Create unit activities based on Seuss books
- Make an Oobleck recipe for fun hands-on activities
- Play with blue Cat In The Hat slime
- Make a Dr Seuss Day poster with your favorite characters and Seuss quotes
- Create Cat In The Hat art and wear Dr Seuss Day hat to go with it
- Celebrate Diffendoofer Day
- Play Seuss games (see ideas below!)
- Do My Many Colored Days Dr Seuss lesson plans
- Write your own rhyming Dr Seuss Day poem for fun writing activities for Dr Seuss
- Have a contest to see who can read the most Seuss books on Dr. Seuss birthday
- Do a Horton hatches the egg activity
- Host a Dr. Seuss Day party for fun ideas for a Dr. Seuss theme
- Do a sneetches lesson plan
- Have fun with Dr Seuss stem activities
- Learn about the gospel according to Dr. Seuss lesson plans
- Create with Dr Seuss sleep book crafts
- Have fun with Dr Seuss activities worksheets / Dr Seussville printables (see links below)
- Make green eggs and ham treats (perfect for easy Dr Seuss Day snacks!) and other Dr Seuss Day food
- Grab some free Dr. Seuss printables and Seuss birthday coloring pages/ Dr Seuss worksheets free (tons of the Cat In The Hat worksheets, Seuss coloring pages, and printable activities to go with your favorite Seuss books!)
KEEP SCROLLING FOR FUN DR SEUSS ACTIVITIES! Don’t miss the full list of Dr Seuss Birthday school activities and crafts for Dr Seuss birthday below — even Dr Seuss activities for older students. Makes fun homeschool Seuss activities or fun Dr Seuss day at school ideas or even a Dr Seuss thematic unit any time of year. Fun Seuss resources for teachers and homeschoolers, including Dr. Seuss printables and worksheets!
What do you wear to Dr. Seuss Day?
Need fun dress up ideas for Dr Seuss week? Try these costume ideas to go along with your teaching theme with Dr Seuss. It’s a great way to celebrate Seuss week with kids of all ages!
7 Fun Things to Wear on Dr. Seuss Day:
- Be a Cat in the Hat (or wear other crazy hats).
- Wear crazy hair like in Whoville from The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.
- Sport some wacky socks to celebrate Fox in Socks.
- Wear a shirt from a place you’ve visited for Oh! The Places You’ll Go!
- Have pajama day and read Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book.
- Wear your favorite pet ears, tail, or pet mask and read What Pet Should I Get?
- Create and wear big, funny mustaches to celebrate The Lorax (or, give these out. The kids will be thrilled!).
CHECK OUT SEUSS RECIPES: Make Your Own Green Eggs and Ham Kids Activities (great for green eggs and ham lesson plan to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday!)
Dr Seuss Activities For Toddlers
Fun Dr. Seuss activities for preschoolers (pre-K) and toddlers:
- Grab a Dr. Seuss board book set. (Best Dr Seuss books for toddlers set!)
- Make a Seuss themed sensory bin for an easy Dr Seuss activity for preschoolers and toddlers!
- Practice write-on / wipe-off letters with this Dr. Seuss set.
- Do a One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish food craft. (Fun Dr Seuss preschool activities!)
- Read Ten Apples Up On Top! and then make these fun apple snacks.
- Use paper bags to make Seuss themed busy bags. (They’ll have so much fun with this!)
- Practice noises that animals make as Mr Brown Can Moo activities.
You may be wondering when is national Dr Seuss Day?
Learn All About Dr. Seuss Day
When is Dr Seuss Day?
When is Dr. Seuss Birthday? Dr Seuss Day 2024 falls on Saturday, March 2nd, which also is designated as National Read Across America Day. Read Across America 2024 is March 2nd – March 8th.
What is Dr Seuss Day?
Dr. Seuss Day not only celebrates the author Theodor Seuss Geisel, but it’s also a reading celebration for Read Across America that encourages children to read more and have fun with reading theme events.
What day is Dr Seuss Day?
Dr. Seuss Day is always celebrated on March 2, which is Dr. Seuss birthday.
What day is Green Eggs and Ham Day?
Dr. Seuss Day is sometimes referred to as Green Eggs and Ham Day, which is March 2nd. Many schools and educators fill the entire week with Dr Seuss week activities!
Why We Celebrate Dr Seuss Day
March 2nd is the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, so we celebrate Dr. Seuss Day as a way to honor him. Additionally, it’s Read Across America Day, which is a day to celebrate reading and encourage kids to read, including favorite Dr. Seuss books!
What is Read Across America Week?
It’s actually Read Across America Day (but some schools, businesses, and organizations make it an entire week of fun Dr. Seuss activities). Read Across America Day is celebrated on March 2nd, which is Dr. Seuss’ birthday. It was created by the NEA (National Education Association) in 1997 to get kids excited about reading and to encourage reading more books.
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On to the activities for Dr Seuss Day and ideas for Dr Seuss birthday!
We have a huge list of Dr. Seuss unit activities, lessons and printables themes and Dr Seuss lesson plans teaching resources / classroom resources for all ages from kindergarten Dr Seuss lesson plans and up!
Use your favorite Dr. Seuss books to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday in a fun way with a great book or popular books in your family.
34 Unique & Creative Dr Seuss Birthday Lesson Plans and Ideas for Kids
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We have a mix of activities that work for Dr Seuss Day preschool (preschool activities) and Dr Seuss activities for kindergarten and up!
Try these Dr. Seuss lessons, worksheets and activities for any time of year. Fun Dr. Seuss activities to go with each of his classics popular books and great book ideas!
What should I do for Dr Seuss week?
1. Have a Dr Seuss Birthday Read Aloud / Dr Seuss Reading Day
Have a Dr. Seuss Day party at your house, starting with reading Dr. Seuss books (any classic Dr. Seuss book!) – wonderful books for circle time!
2. Read an awesome Dr. Seuss biography.
3. Dress up in Dr Seuss Day costumes! (See our suggestions above!)
4. Watch Dr Seuss movies:
5. Learn about the Dr Seuss Museum and Dr. Seuss stories.
6. Make Green Eggs and Ham (simple activity for young children)
7. Play Green Eggs and Ham with magnets.
8. Make edible trees from The Lorax for a Lorax craft food.
9. Read The Sneetches and then grab this lesson The Sneetches and Segregation.
10. Get a free Dr. Seuss birthday coloring sheets / Cat In The Hat coloring pages
11. Get a free Dr. Seuss Day word search (great for Dr Seuss Day middle school activities).
12. Make a Dr. Seuss book comprehension flip book.
13. Make Dr. Seuss bookmarks.
14. Make a moving turtle craft to go with Yertle the Turtle.
15. Read The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss to learn more about Dr. Seuss as a child.
16. Watch In Search of Dr. Seuss.
17. Learn about space with The Cat in the Hat.
18. Make a Thing 1 and Thing 2 handprint craft.
19. Make a DIY Mustache t shirt to celebrate The Lorax. (I love this project for Dr Seuss birthday lesson plans for preschool all the way through high school!)
20. Do a Horton Hears a Who craft.
21. Make Dr. Seuss inspired finger puppets.
22. Learn with Dr. Seuss felt hoops.
23. Make tiny Truffula Trees to give to your friends! (Love these for Dr Seuss Birthday treat ideas!)
24. Make your own foot imprint book inspired by The Foot Book.
25. Learn about foot anatomy to go with The Foot Book.
26. Learn about hearing and ear anatomy to go with Horton Hears a Who.
27. Discover the art of Dr. Seuss.
28. Read Oh! The Places You’ll Go! and then work on map skills.
29. Make fun snacks for Dr Seuss Day.
30. Play Dr Seuss games for the classroom and home:
- Stack With the Cat Dr Seuss Game
- Dr Seuss Happy Birthday To You Game
- Dr. Seuss Picture Pairing Game
- Dr Suess Matching Game
31. Watch this for inside your outside Dr Seuss lesson plan.
32. Grab some Dr Seuss readers theater scripts free printables and put on a play!
33. Do Dr Seuss math activities with these workbooks for different ages.
34. Do some geography map lessons for Oh The Places You ll Go activity.
Do you have more ideas and activities to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday? Give us your best Dr. Seuss activities! What’s the favorite Dr Seuss book in your house? Let us know your favorite Read Across America & Dr. Seuss activities and lesson plan ideas and we’ll add them to the list!
All About Doctor Seuss For Dr. Seuss Day Ideas
Add these to your fun things to do for Dr Seuss week and fun activities for Dr Seuss Day and learn a little more about the author Dr. Seuss. These are great if you’re doing an author study for elementary Seuss activities, Dr. Seuss lesson plans for middle school and up (aka: author study middle school and high school), or even a Dr Seuss question of the day.
[source: Library of Congress [Public domain]
15 Surprising Dr. Seuss Facts
- Dr. Seuss real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel.
- Dr. Seuss is not a real doctor… of any kind. He added the “Dr.” to his name to appease his father who wanted him to become a doctor.
- He also wrote under the pen name Theo LeSieg, which is Geisel spelled backwards.
- Dr. Seuss’ mother made up rhymes for him when he was a child. This later inspired his writing style.
- And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street was the first book published by Dr. Seuss in 1937.
- His first book was rejected 27 times before being published!
- It reportedly took Dr. Seuss three months just to come up with an ending to How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
- Dr. Seuss and his first wife never had children, so he would dedicate his books to imaginary kids including an imaginary daughter he named “Chrysanthemum Pearl.”
- Dr. Seuss was credited with inventing the word “nerd”!
- The author wrote Green Eggs and Ham on a bet! The bet was to write a book with only 50 words for $50.
- He drove a car with a license plate that read, “GRINCH.” (Great fun fact to include in the Grinch lesson plan!)
- Dr. Seuss said that the book Yertle the Turtle is “a deliberate parable of the life of Hitler.”
- The last book he wrote was Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
- What Pet Should I Get? was released after the author’s death. His wife found the story and sketches after he died.
- Dr. Seuss authored over 60 children’s books!
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES NOTE: Also, there has been some controversy about teacher Dr Seuss. Don’t shy away from that! Cover the controversies about the racism and stereotypes in your Dr Seuss materials, especially in your Seuss lessons for middle school or high school! As a Dr Seuss writing activity rewrite those stereotypes as an awareness and diversity activity as part of your Dr Seuss classroom activities.
When did Dr. Seuss die?
Dr. Seuss died on September 24, 1991, of cancer. He was 87 years old.
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