A Cat in the Hat Day
Have a Cat in the Hat day in your homeschool. Make stovepipe hats to learn about patterns and play a Seuss inspired indoor P.E. game. You can also practice handwriting, phonics, and spelling. These projects are appropriate for preschoolers and kindergartners.
Stovepipe Hat
Supplies (makes 1 sample and 2 hats)
3 pieces red construction paper 3 pieces white construction paper 2 pieces large drawing paper
glue sticks scissors permanent marker
How To
Cut about one inch off of the long edge of three pieces of red construction paper and three pieces of white construction paper. Trace one of the remaining rectangles onto a large piece of drawing paper. Then trace the cut off piece of paper onto the base of the large rectangle to form the brim of the hat. Make one tracing for each child.
Give each child the tracing of the hat. Have each child glue the one inch white strip to the brim of the hat. Have the children fold the red paper in half hamburger style twice and cut the paper along the folds. Do the same for the white paper. Now create a pattern with the colors on the tracing by gluing red, white, red, white. (Each child will have 2 extra pieces of red and 2 extra pieces of white paper. Reserve these for another project.)
Have your children help spell the words “Cat in the Hat” and write them as a title at the top of the page.
Word Work
Supplies
remaining strips of red and white construction paper permanent marker pencils
How To
Use the remaining strips of paper to write the words “cat”, “in”, “the”, & “hat”. As you write the words (except “the”, which you write out and explain that it is a sight word), have your child say the sounds in the words and tell you the corresponding letters. Then have the kids trace over the letters. Your children can play “Concentration” and “Go Fish” and also practice spelling the words with these flash cards.
Indoor Seuss Inspired Frisbee
Supplies
2 dessert size paper plates (per child) red marker read crayons
How To
Draw a stovepipe hat on the back of each of the plates. Draw lines for your child to color in with red crayon. Once the Frisbees are decorated, toss them around. We played Frisbee down our hallway and even played relay races. Be creative!
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