We had so much fun with last week’s Berenstains’ B Book that we decided to continue the alphabet theme this week with Dr. Seuss’s ABC book.
This was another one I remember from my own childhood; so much fun to see it now through my own children’s eyes!
After reading the wacky rhymes a few times, we had fun playing with the letters of the alphabet.
Our first activity was inspired by the post “Driving over Hearts” at Toddler Approved.
Instead of using site words, I used our left over hearts from our Heart Animal craft and wrote upper and lower case letters on each side of the hearts. They drove over upper and lower case letters as I called them out. My son wanted to play the “game” over and over again… (Being able to flip over the hearts and have new letters helped keep it interesting.) I’d say it was a big hit with my car-loving 3 year-old!
Lightning McQueen was having fun racing across the letters!
At first I suggested to my daughter that she get a princess doll to “dance” to each letter, but she had other ideas… Cinderella came out in her royal carriage!
After that we went on a hunt to find pictures to fit different letters in the alphabet.
I pulled out our bag of magazine pictures and gave each of them a letter to hunt for. (I was careful to chose letters I knew they’d be able to find pictures to match — no “X” here!)
Lots of cats, cars, and a cookie for the letter “C”….
Finally, we made some letters of our own. This time to create our letters I pulled out the Play-Doh. Not only were they practicing letter skills, but they were also building up the strength in their hands and working on manual dexterity.
While they continued their alphabet fun, I got lunch ready — alphabet soup, naturally! To top it off I even found animal crackers shaped like the letters of the alphabet.
I’ve already got a monster of a book for next week’s fun…
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I love your driving on the letters idea! We’ll have to do that with my son
We love those two books too 
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It was definitely a big hit with my son; he’s asked to do it twice since.
Can’t wait to read what you did with letter C!
So cute. I’ve missed your posts.
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Thank you — I’ve missed yours, too! Things seem to get so busy sometimes!
Play dough is truly an amazing learning tool! I love your post. I will be sharing it on the Read.Explore.Learn. Facebook page on Sunday.
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Yes, we really should use the Play-Doh more often than we do.
Thanks for sharing it on Sunday!
oh what a great idea…you always think of the best activities..
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Thank you! Dr. Seuss makes it easy!
You are such a great great teacher mom!!!! Those activities look SO fun and the kids are totally into it! Good for you!
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LOL — I guess the teacher in me is still there… Sometimes I wonder if I should switch to teaching younger grades — it’s kind of fun!
Aww, another book I loved from childhood! Also, I don’t know what book you mean for next week, but I know that I LOVED “The Monster at the End of this Book” when I was a kid. So much fun.
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Oh, THAT was one of my brother’s favorite books!! I need to see if my mom still has it… LOL. Nope, I’ve got another monster book in mind, if I get all my ducks in a row!
Great ideas! Making letters from playdoh is so great for kids. And the ABC soup was a great touch!
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My kids love “ABC soup”! One day they are going to be surprised to find all their favorite foods have other “real” names…. (I think this one is actually Campbell’s vegetable soup, but ABC soup is much more fun!)
What a fantastic way to celebrate what you are reading! Love it!
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Thanks! They had fun, and I look forward to our next book!
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I love your ideas here (I used to be a teacher). Using plastic animals/ objects and jumping on the letters works too.
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Oh, I love the idea of jumping on the letters! My youngest is all about getting physical lately….
Playdough..yay..we’ve been playing alot with playdough lately..as a matter of fact I need to make more! Great post OneMommy!
Blessings!
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There are weeks we play with it every day, and then weeks we don’t touch it at all… I think I need to get it out more and just let the box of stuff sit where they actually see it….
Thank you for sharing these great alphabet activities
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I’m sure my boys would LOVE to race over letters! Thanks for sharing at The Children’s Bookshelf.
It is definitely a winner for my little guy! Hope they enjoy!
Thanks for this wonderful idea..I will try doing this with my 3 year old son, I am sure he will enjoy making letter with his play doh..
I found that I had to help my 3 year-old a little more than big sister, but he was all excited when he’d recognize the letter we made.
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