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Who doesn’t love Dr. Seuss? A poll across our office sparked much discussion around favorite titles, (The Lorax and Oh, the Places You’ll Go tied, if you were wondering), but it’s so hard to choose given the impressive catalog of classics Dr. Seuss turned out. If you’re celebrating Read Across America Day or Dr. Seuss’s birthday this week—or just plain love books—we’ve gathered up some resources for use at your childcare center or preschool, or at home for that matter.
Please take a look at some of our favorite Seuss activities, and be sure to bookmark our roundup of book recommendations for each age group.
Dr. Seuss activities
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Pre-K Pages has gathered a great list of activities for preschoolers designed around specific Seuss titles, from One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish to There’s a Wocket in my Pocket.
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Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds focuses on projects geared towards toddlers, with some fun Cat in the Hat activities, and sensory play and fine motor fun.
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Kids Activities has the perfect slime recipe to go along with a reading of Green Eggs and Ham.
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Red Ted Art shares instructions on making adorable Thing 1 and Thing 2 bookmarks.
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Fun-A-Day has loads of inspired Seuss ideas, we especially love the focus on STEM, not just literacy.
Dr. Seuss book recommendations
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Seussville, obviously the expert, lists out the best Dr. Seuss books for the zero to preschool set.
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Childhood 101 polled their readers and tallied up a list of 25 beloved Seuss titles.
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Brightly narrowed down their list of favorites into a digestible list organized by age group.
Books for infants
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Motherly curated a list a great list of 20 books for a baby’s first year.
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Good Housekeeping shares another roundup of don’t miss titles for this youngest age group.
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We always value Common Sense Media’s recommendations, and their list of books for babies is no exception.
Books for toddlers
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The New York Times shares a list of modern titles sure to charm this age group.
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Here are Motherly’s picks for classic books for toddlers.
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Common Sense media weighs in on books to capture and hold toddler attention.
Books for preschoolers
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Early Childhood Education Zone shares a comprehensive list of 50 books for preschoolers. (Check out who tops the list!)
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More thoughtful age-specifc recommendations from the folks at Common Sense Media, with an emphasis on fun titles.
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And finally, here is a whopper of a list from Growing Book by Book of 101 books to read before kindergarten.
Please do chime in with your great ideas and suggestions in the comments section below!
