Book Activities for Hop on Pop

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Dr. Seuss just never goes out of style!  Not only our his books popular with young readers, there are so many fun Dr. Seuss book activities to go with them.

I remember reading Hop on Pop when I was little, and I couldn’t wait to share it with my own kids.  I knew right away we had to do some Hop on Pop activities.  After all, who can resist having fun with a Dr. Seuss book?

Hop on Pop activities -- fun activities to go with the Dr. Seuss book

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Hop on Pop activities

Since Hop on Pop is full of rhymes, I thought it would be appropriate to do some work with rhyming words.

I decided to make these simple sight word tools that used some of the same rhyming words you find in the book.

Hop on Pop craft -- fun rhyming activity for Dr. Seuss book

 

You can easily make these sight word tools at home to practice early reading skills and rhyming.  All you need is a couple empty cardboard tubes and some strips of colorful paper.  I used a couple paint sample strips on ours.

Simply wrap the paper strip around one end of the tube and tape the paper together to form a circle that fits snugly around the tube.  On the cardboard tube write the end part of  rhyming words, for instance “all.”  Then on the paper strip write the beginning letters for the words.  If you use a paint strip like we did, you can write one letter on each colored square of the paint strip.  On mine I wrote “T,” “B,”, “C,” and “F.”   By twisting the paper strip you can create words that rhyme (tall, ball, call, fall).

 

For another simple rhyming activity you will need a  pack of rhyming words flash cards.    Pull out several sets of rhyming pairs from your deck and read the cards aloud.  Have your child match the rhyming words.

Hop on Pop activities

 

Finally, let the kids have fun with this moving activity for  Hop on Pop.

Write the word “pop” on a couple sheets of paper.   Then play a little game of “Hop on Pop.”

Ask your child to, “hop, hop on pop.”  Watch the giggles begin as they hop up and down on the word.  Next, tell them to  “Stop! You must not hop on pop!”

Hop on Pop -- preschooler Dr. Seuss activity

 

To give it a little variety (and help work on those listening skills) try a few variations.   “Hop on pop with your hands on your head.”  “Hop on pop with your hands on your waist.”    You can also try whispering the directions.

 

We had so much fun with these Hop on Pop activities.  In fact,  the kids begged to play several times.   I guess Dr. Seuss really never does go out of style!

 

Looking for more Dr. Seuss activities?

preschool activities for learning alphabet

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

  3. I read lots of Dr. Seuss with my kids when they were small. Your ideas are fabulous! Especially the one with the toilet paper roll — love that! Makes me wish my kids were young again. But just for a few minutes.

    Thanks for sharing. Happy Sharefest. I hope you have a lovely weekend.
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    • Loved that comment — that you wish they were young again for a few minutes…. Funny how we hate to see them grow, but then we fall in love with the stage they are at and don’t really want to turn back the clocks.

    • Thank you! I’ve always liked paint samples… LOL… I find myself picking them up while the husband shops the hardware section, and then they get put in our crafting area. Never know when they may be useful!

  11. Oh wow! What great ideas!
    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!

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