Dr. Seuss’s ABC Book Activities

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Do you have a favorite Dr. Seuss book?

There are so many great ones, it’s really hard to choose.

One that I remember from my own childhood, and that I couldn’t wait to share with my own kids, is Dr. Seuss’s ABC Book.   Once we read it together, we did a few inspired by Dr. Seuss activities to go with the book.

If you have a preschooler, these Dr. Seuss’s ABC Book activities are simple to set up and so much fun!

 

There are so many fun Dr Seuss ABC activities that are perfect for young learners.  

preschool Dr. Seuss ABC book activities

If you have a preschooler, you’ll want to check out our Cat in the Hat craft and Hop on Pop activities, too.

Dr. Seuss ABC Book Activities

The first alphabet activity was inspired by the post “Driving over Hearts” at Toddler Approved.  With it being close to Valentine’s Day, the hearts were a perfect fit.

If you are doing this activity at a different time of year you could just make circles or another shape.

To turn it into an ABC activity, write lower and upper case letters on each side of the paper hearts.  Have your child drive over the letters as you call them out.

My son wanted to play the game over and over again. Being able to flip over the hearts and have new letters on the other side helps keep it interesting.

This alphabet activity is a big hit with car-lovers.

Dr. Seuss ABC book activity

 

The second alphabet activity is a simple scavenger hunt.

Give your child a stack of magazines or picture books and have them hunt for pictures of items that start with certain letters of the alphabet.  We used a collection of pictures we had previously cut from magazines for crafting.

Be careful to choose letters you know they can find pictures for —  so you might want to skip “X.”

preschooler alphabet activity for Dr. Seuss book

 

The last alphabet activity involves creating your own letters.

Play-Doh is great for forming letters.  Not only does it allow children to  practice forming letters, but they also build up the strength in their hands and work on manual dexterity.

preschooler ABC activity for Dr. Seuss ABC book

 

We love Dr. Seuss books.  There are just so many great ones to share with your kids.

I hope you enjoy these Dr. Seuss ABC Book activities with your little ones.

 

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Comments

  1. I love your driving on the letters idea! We’ll have to do that with my son 🙂 We love those two books too 🙂

    • 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!

  5. 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. 🙂

    • 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! 🙂

    • 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!)

  8. Thanks for the comment on my blog.
    I love your ideas here (I used to be a teacher). Using plastic animals/ objects and jumping on the letters works too.

    • 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….

  13. 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. 🙂

  14. I really love the idea of driving over the letters! We will definitely be using that one with this book, which is a favorite of ours as well! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Booknificent Thursday! Hope to see you again next week!

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