Friday, February 27, 2015

Dr. Seuss CVC Word Hunt


One of my preschoolers favorite Dr. Seuss books is One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.  Since we are working on CVC words right now I thought we would take some of the CVC words from this story and go on a hunt!

Here's what we did:

I cut out some fish shapes onto, red, blue, green and white paper.  Then I wrote CVC words used in the story and hid the fish around the house.  For this activity I chose 12 words and hid 12 fish.  Since we are up to letter W as our letter of the week I thought we would try including something with W so we used my daughters mini wagon to hold the fish. As each fish was found my preschooler sounded out the word, put in into the wagon and off she went to hunt for the next word.






Once our hunt was complete we read the story and my daughter was able to more easily recognize the CVC words in the book that she just found on our hunt.

Smiles like this means we're having fun while learning!!









27 comments:

  1. Susen,
    Great activity. It looks fun. Love the photos that you added. I also love Dr. Seuss. I came via Mommy Crusaders link up. :)
    I enjoy all the posts you share. :)
    Pamela - Literate For Life

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    1. Hi Pam! Thanks for stopping by. I'm so glad you like our activity, we had alot of fun with it!

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    1. Hi My Bored Toddler - happy you like it! Thanks so much for stopping by!

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  3. I love this activity Susen! Such a great hands-on way to extend learning beyond a book! Sharing and pinning.

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    1. Thank you so much! I appreciate you sharing and pinning too :)

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  4. Love incorporating a gross motor hunt into literacy learning - fantastic for kids who like to move while they learn :)

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    1. Thank you Danya! My daughter is always up for a hunt of any kind!!

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  5. What a great idea. My granddaughter loves this story. The little red wagon is adorable too. Thanks for sharing on Sunday's Best.

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    1. Thanks Rhonda! We had alot of fun with this activity and that's the best way to learn!! Thanks for stopping by :)

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  6. Brilliant! We are reading this book Friday- perfect activity. Would love for you to share this at my Intentional Parenting Link Party- http://livinginthisseason.com/intentional-parenting-link-party/

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    1. Keri, thank you! I was just headed over to link up even before I read your comment. Saw it posted on KBN. Thanks for stopping by :)

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  7. What a great learning activity! Fun and learning are always a good combination.

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    1. Hi Rose, thank for stopping by! Yes, gotta have fun while learning.

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  9. We love Dr. Seuss and having fun with his books! This is a great idea! I think we will do something similar with it this week!

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    1. Glad you like it Theres Just One Mommy! I added to the activity today by making 12 more fish, laminating them and playing a match game.

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  10. never tried dr seuss but looks like i need too. thank you for linking up with the #pinitparty

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    1. Otilia, you will not be disappointed! My son was not as into Dr. Seuss as my daughter is but I'm glad she likes the books because they are alot of fun!

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  11. Very, very cute and easy to make! Thanks for linking up with Family Fun Friday!

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  12. Dr.Seuss has been a firm favourite of ours for years.I love this game very inventive.

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    1. Thanks, Aly! My son was not as into Dr. Seuss but thrilled that my daughter is!

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  13. LOVE this idea! I always forget how long One Fish Two Fish is, until I'm about halfway through at naptime. This is such a great active CVC activity.

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    1. Thanks, Jennifer! My daughter really enjoyed it and related so much more to the words in the book after we had the hunt! Thanks for stopping by!

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  14. Great activity! I am modifying it for the kindergarten ESL class I teach by having about 30 words for a "small group" of 12 kids...hiding them on our backyard playground and the child who brings and reads the most fish is the winner! My students LOVE a competition! :)

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    1. Sounds wonderful! Thrilled that you can use this activity in a way that will work for your class!!

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