We began by talking about March's winter weather. The kids tried to trick me and tell me it was snowing outside, but then they giggled and decided it was sunny, but cold and still winter.
I had a lot of Dr. Seuss books on display and some of the children recognized them as ones they have at home or have "read".
We read:
The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat [better known as Mitzi] read Dr. Seuss' The Foot Book. We had so much to share as we read the book. We talked about the many colors of feet in the book. We worked on the concept of left and right. This was sort of tough; so it's a good one to keep talking about at home. We counted feet and found one page had 24 feet! We found out feet go many places and come in many different sizes and shapes. We also did some actions to go with the book as it was read such as kicking high, lifting our left leg, and stomping our right foot.
Our first activity was to select a colored paper and trace and cut out a left foot and label it with an "L", then we did the same with a right foot using different color of paper. We then took those feet and our adult helped us match our feet to them on the floor.
After a bit of practice we did the Wiggle Song using our left and right feet.
We ended our morning with a foot worksheet. I would ask the children to point to a certain foot on the sheet and then find its match. I would then ask them to color those two with a specific color. The children did very well at choosing red, blue, green, orange and purple, and I gave them a brown crayon for the final pairing of the horse feet.
Everyone left with a reminder to practice left foot and right foot, and they took home a sheet to color featuring the Cat in the Hat. Lots of polite "thank you's" and even a couple hugs ended the hour.
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