Dr. Seuss Storytime

I won't be doing storytime during the week of Read Across America, so I am doing it a little early!  In this post I am going to put the songs/flannels and books in the order I did them with the group.

Storytime Outline

Flannel Board
One Fish, Two Fish
(idea from What's Bridget Reading?)

One fish, two fish
Red fish, blue fish
Black fish, blue fish
Old fish, new fish
This one has a little star
This one has a little car
Say! What a lot of fish there are!

Book

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?

Stand-up Song
Cat in the Hat
(tune: Addam's Family)

Cat in the Hat (clap, clap)
Cat in the Hat (clap, clap)
Cat in the Hat, Cat in the Hat, Cat in the Hat (clap, clap)

He causes lots of fun
But when the fun is done
You will be the one
To send that Cat away!

We do it several times changing up the actions to such things as stomp or jump.

Flannel Board
Green Eggs (No Ham)
(idea from Mel's Desk)

I am Sam
Sam I am
I do so like
______ eggs and ham!

Book

The Foot Book

Magnet Board
Ten Apples Up on Top

One apple on top.

Two apples on top.

Look! See! I can do three.

I’m not going to stop; I’ll put four apples on top.

I’m not through; I can get five apples on top. Can you?

I am so good, I will not stop, six, seven eight apples on top.

Not one will I drop, I have nine apples on top.

Nine is very good. But then… Come on and we will make it ten!

Ten apples up on top!

Play and Learn

"Cat in the Hat" Hat

Fishing Game from Lakeshore


Puppets

Dr. Seuss coloring page

Seuss Flannel/magnet board pieces (I have a pointer that the children loved to use to point to the fish and apples)

It wasn't a horrible storytime, but certainly not one of my favorites.  Maybe because I had a younger crowd than usual.  I had been thinking I would do Dr. Seuss for my March outreach storytimes, but I think I will find something different.

S is for Seuss

Two outreach storytimes in early March...celebrating Dr. Seuss!

Books

At the 4 year old class I also read:

"King Looie Katz" found in I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today!

Songs

Dr. Seuss is on the Loose
(sung to: BINGO)
I used a magnet board and Dr. Seuss pictures of the objects.  

Dr. Seuss is on the loose
And this is how we know
Cats, hats, eggs, and ham
Cats, hats, eggs, and ham
Cats, hats, eggs, and ham
We love Dr. Seuss!

Dr. Seuss is on the loose
And this is how we know
Cats, hats, eggs, and (clap)
Cats, hats, eggs, and (clap)
Cats, hats, eggs, and (clap)
We love Dr. Seuss!

Continue to take away one picture from the back each verse until you just have clapping.

Have You Ever Seen a Cat in a Hat?
(sung to: If you're happy and you know it)

Have you ever seen a cat in a hat? (clap, clap)
Have you ever seen a cat in a hat? (clap, clap)
No I never, no I never, no I never, no I never
No I never seen a cat in a hat!

Other animals and rhyming words we used:
fox wearing socks
bear sit in a chair
lamb eating jam
dog chop a log
fish wash a dish
shark push a cart

Seuss-athon 2014!

Monday, March 3rd we celebrated our 11th Annual Seuss-athon with a record-breaking 321 people attending!!

Little ones enjoying a comfy chair from Ace Rent-To-Own!

Listening to a Dr. Seuss book

Prizes!

More prizes!

Buzz enjoying a little Dr. Seuss too!

Cat in the Hat and Buzz
(Two of our awesome Jr. Friends!)

This daycare came all decked out in top hats!

Kick your feet up for "The Foot Book"

Enjoying some treats in "The Cat Cafe"!

Listening to a Dr. Seuss book being read aloud

 German language students from Bellevue West came dressed up to help us celebrate Seuss...from Seuss's German family history to several Dr. Seuss stories read in German!

We could not host Seuss-athon without our wonderful and generous donors!!  Thank you!!

Ace Rent-To-Own
Baker's
Village Inn
ShopKo
Drizzles Bakery
No Frills Supermarket
Runz
Pizza Hut
Domino's Pizza

Seuss-athon 2013

We had an awesome turn out for our 10th Annual Seuss-athon at the Bellevue Public Library on Saturday!!  Not a dull moment all day in the large meeting room and we had a record number of patrons attend!!  A special thank you to all our sponsors, our Jr. Friends, our practicum student, Bridget, and patrons who came!!

Welcome Table and Seuss freebies!

Door Prizes!

Buzz, our library mascot,sporting a fashionable
Cat in the Hat top hat!

Seuss Memory game

A lot kids enjoyed reading to the Seuss stuffed animals

Playing a Dr. Seuss Trivia Game

Yertle the Turtle Floor Puzzle

A very special thank you to our sponsors!  Ace Rent-to-Own, Bakers, Cake Specialist, Drizzles, Chic-fil-A,  Apples and More, Domino's Pizza, Magelsen's, Pizza Hut, Shopko, and Village Inn!!  A huge program like this is not possible without local support!!

Super cute (and yummy) Cat in the Hat sheet cake from Cake Specialists!

Chic-fil-A nuggets went FAST!

Thanks for celebrating Dr. Seuss with us at the Bellevue Public Library!

Dr. Seuss is on the Loose!

We're celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday with a special storytime featuring this great children's author!

Books

 Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!

Mr. Brown can Moo!  Can You?

Flannel Board/Songs/Rhymes

Dr. Seuss is on the Loose
(sung to Bingo)

Dr. Sess is on the loose
And this is how we know
Cats, hats, eggs and ham
Cats, hats, eggs and ham
Cats, hats, eggs and ham
We love Dr. Seuss!

Dr. Seuss is on the loose
And this is how we know
Cats, hats, eggs and (clap)
Cats, hats, eggs and (clap)
Cats, hats, eggs and (clap)
We love Dr. Seuss!

Dr. Seuss is on the loose
And this is how we know
Cats, hats, eggs (clap) (clap)
Cats, hats, eggs (clap) (clap)
Cats, hats, eggs (clap) (clap)
We love Dr. Seuss!

Dr. Seuss is on the loose
And this is how we know
Cats, hats, (clap) (clap) (clap)
Cats, hats, (clap) (clap) (clap)
Cats, hats, (clap) (clap) (clap)
We love Dr. Seuss!

Dr. Seuss is on the loose
And this is how we know
Cats, (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap)
Cats, (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap)
Cats, (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap)
We love Dr. Seuss!

Dr. Seuss is on the loose
And this is how we know
(clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap)
(clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap)
(clap) (clap) (clap) (clap) (clap)
We love Dr. Seuss!

The Cat in the Hat
(tune: Addam's Family)

Cat in the hat (clap) clap! clap!
Cat in the hat clap! clap!
Cat in the hat
Cat in the hat
Cat in the hat clap! clap!

He causes so much fun
But when the fun is done
You will be the one
To send that cat away!

Repeat song using other actions such as stomp and jump

One Fish, Two Fish

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish,

Black fish, blue fish, old fish, new fish.

This one has a little car.

This one has a little star.

Say! What a lot of fish there are.

Enrichment Activities

Dr. Seuss Hats

Green Eggs (idea from here)

Children cracked open the green eggs to find the ONE that had a yellow yolk (yellow pom-pom).  The other eleven eggs have green "yolks".

Dr. Seuss Drawing Lines (from here)

"Fishing" for red fish and blue fish!