It's Dr. Seuss Day!
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Dr. Seuss! We are so happy you dropped by to celebrate his birthday with us. He was a wonderful highly revered children’s author who many of us learned to read by. The quote below is taken from a Wikipedia entry about his life. I myself (Teresa) am so thrilled to have had the privilege to teach about him during my years as a school teacher.
“In May 1954, Life magazine published a report on illiteracy among school children, which concluded that children were not learning to read because their books were boring. Accordingly, William Ellsworth Spaulding, the director of the education division at Houghton Mifflin who later became its Chairman, compiled a list of 348 words he felt were important for first-graders to recognize and asked Geisel to cut the list to 250 words and write a book using only those words.[33] Spaulding challenged Geisel to "bring back a book children can't put down." [34] Nine months later, Geisel, using 236 of the words given to him, completed The Cat in the Hat. It retained the drawing style, verse rhythms, and all the imaginative power of Geisel's earlier works, but because of its simplified vocabulary, it could be read by beginning readers. The Cat in the Hat and subsequent books written for young children achieved significant international success and they remain very popular today. In 2009 Green Eggs and Ham sold 540,366 copies, The Cat in the Hat sold 452,258 copies, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960) sold 409,068 copies—outselling the majority of newly published children's books.[35]”
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss
For our hop we have several wonderful projects for you to enjoy. If you have come from Three Scrappy Gals you are in the right place. Be sure to start at the beginning you don’t want to miss any Seusstical creations.
I spent last year teaching Kindergarten and we had a big huge celebration on Dr. Seuss day. This is the first layout toward documenting my year in K. I was very excited that I got to teach Kindergarten while my granddaughter also started school. She was so very excited that she got to be with her grandma at school and we were in the same grade level.
We have some wonderful blog candy for you to win. Check the Three Scrappy Gals blog for the awesome prize! Winner will be drawn and announced on Tuesday March 5, 2013.
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- Become a follower of each blog (if you aren’t already)
- Comment on each blog post
- Leave your contact information
Then hop on over to Daphne’s blog to see what fantastic project she has today.
Here is the complete lineup should you need it:
Three Scrappy Gals-http://threescrappygals.blogspot.com/
Suzanne - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com
Melissa - http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com
Melissa P- http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com
How Cute is that LO...Your class looked they had fun! TFS.... Like the colors you used!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute LO!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat lo and boy was your grand-daughter lucky to share her first year in Kindergarten with her Granny :-) such memories!! Greetings from Swakopmund Namibia AFRICA :-)
ReplyDeleteSuper cute layout. How cool to be teaching kindergarteners about Dr. Seuss.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute layout!!! Thanks for the invite to your hop! robinlcarroll @ gmail.com
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Oh how delightful - love your LO and pictures for this event! It's a pleasure to hop with you today!
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Very cute! & it looks like your kinders had a great time in those pics =)
ReplyDeleteAngela
www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com
Great Layout! Know you enjoy teaching Dr Seuss.
ReplyDeleteYour pages are so adorable!
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I just love your creation, and the colors you used awesome... the little fish are adorable... What an awesome Hop... In my family we have celebrated Dr. Seuss' Birthday every year with a little cake with a Cat In the Hat on Top... My youngest son just loves Dr. Seuss to no end...
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adventureofthecreativemind.blogspot.com
Great lo! It would be a lot of fun to teach the kids about Dr. Suess.
ReplyDeleteVery fun! I love Dr. Seuss day at school!!
ReplyDeleteI'm already your follower!! TFS!
Scrappy hugs,
Connie
http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com
What an adorable layout!! I love the design!! Have a great evening :)
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A Mermaid's Crafts
That layout is too cute! I love Dr. Seuss! The kindergarteners have been been enjoying our Seuss celebrations this month!
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