Dr. Seuss lesson plans for reading, math and more

Dr. Seuss would be 106 on March 2nd.  In honor of the occasion, here's 10 fun ways to play and learn in all different subjects, Dr. Seuss style!  

1. Kids can play educational games online or do printed worksheets that reinforce science, reading, math and reasoning at Seussville University. 
2. Find out which children's books members of congress claim as their favorites (PDF file) and see which ones match each member of the family.  Tally up how many are by Dr. Seuss (a lot!) and figure out what percentage of the total are by Seuss.  Graph the results and see which books got the most votes.
3. Have older kids read a book like "The Lorax, "The Butter Battle Book" or "Horton Hears a Who" and write a short essay or give a short speech about what sort of lessons Dr. Seuss might be trying to teach his readers.
4. Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" with only 50 words, after being challenged by a friend.  Challenge the kids to tell the same story with as many different words as possible.  Have them substitute synonyms everywhere they can and still keep the story the same.  Read the book together and have the kids call out new words to substitute as you go, or have them write their new words out and read the revised book aloud.  Challenge them to see how silly they can get, and see how the rhythm and rhyme changes with the new words.
5. Most people know that Dr. Seuss's real name was Theodor Geisel.  The kids may not know that he chose Seuss for his pen name because it was his mother's maiden name.  Henrietta Seuss was also 6 feet tall, nearly 200 pounds and known for her beauty and high diving skills!  (You can read more about Dr. Seuss's background here.)  Have the kids brainstorm about what pen names they could write under, based on family names or other interesting tidbits about themselves.  Challenge them to write short children's poems or books, Dr. Seuss style, under their pen names.
6. Do one of these fun classroom activities based on 15 popular Seuss books.
7. Write words from one of your Dr. Seuss books on pieces of paper and arrange them on the floor (with tape, if necessary).  Read the book and have your child hop to words as you read them.  This can also be done on a hopscotch grid.
8. Kids can play fun online games at Seussville but you can also print out activity pages related to everything from addition to memory to same and different.
9. Write rhyming words on index cards and turn them upside down.  Challenge kids to play memory by finding the matching pairs.
10. Read "Bartholemew and the Oobleck" and make oobleck together.  See whether objects like marbles and toothpicks sink in it or not, learn about the properties of solids and liquids, and just have messy fun.