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February 18, 2013

Hop on Pop Dr. Seuss Games

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Hop on Pop is full of great rhymes and repetitive text that can be beneficial for reading practice.

Make reading and re-reading more fun with Hop on Pop Hopscotch. And then get in some math practice with a hands on math game based on the book!

Hop on Pop Hopscotch: A Dr Seuss Game from Coffee Cups and Crayons

Use some of the rhyming words to play Hop on Pop Hopscotch!

How to Play Hop on Pop Hopscotch:

  • Instead of numbers I wrote some of the rhyming words in the squares for the kids to read as they played.
  • Then I used a permanent marker to draw Pop from the story on a rock.
  • The kids tossed the rock on one of the squares and then read the words as they hopped, making sure not to hop on Pop!

My 4 year old loves that he can sound out CVC words so we played a couple times with different sets of short vowel words.  My 3 year old is learning her letters so she pointed out the letters she knew as she jumped instead.

Dr. Seuss Math Game: Hop on Pop Counting Game from Coffee Cups and CrayonsThen we practiced identifying numbers and counting with a homemade Hop on Pop Dr. Seuss game.  We have been playing with an alphabet sticky wall after seeing it on Toddler Approved and the foam board with contact paper on it is perfect for creating your own board games.

How to Make a Hop on Pop Math Game:

  • Tape contact paper onto a large piece of foam board.  Make sure the sticky side it facing out.
  • Cut out 25 paper circles and number them with a marker.  I used a 2 inch hole punch.
  • Draw Pop from the story on three white circles.
  • Place the circles in order on the sticky board. Insert the 3 Pop circles into the line up wherever you choose.
  • Have each player grab a small toy or different colored Lego to use as a marker.
  • The kids roll the dice and take turns moving around the board.
  • If they land on Pop they have to go back and start at the beginning.  We had lots of fun yelling out, “Stop! You must not hop on Pop!” whenever this happened.

This math game was fun and full of learning.  The preschoolers got to practice taking turns, identifying numbers, counting, and adding.  And because we made it on the sticky board we can take everything off and switch it around as often as we would like.

A note from Megan:

I love that Dr. Seuss has inspired so many to read and am so thankful that I have had the opportunity to experience it first hand.  I had never really loved his book, There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!, until one of my high school students, who had struggled with reading his whole life, rapped it for the elementary school kids at their school celebration.

This big, cool high schooler spent days practicing and totally rocked his performance!  That day not only fostered a love of reading in the little kids who were attending, it made him and the other kids in my class love and value reading as well.  Needless to say There’s a Wocket in My Pocket! had a very special place in my heart.

But I have to say the more I’ve learned about Dr. Seuss the more complicated my feelings about his books became. His early racist ads are quite shocking if you haven’t seen them yet and as I have read more about him the more I realized the racist overtones of some of his books. I personally have made the decision to no longer write book activities for his books. As Maya Angelou says, when we know better, we can do better and it no longer feels right for me.

We have a large collections of his books and I am not getting rid of them. But I will be teaching my kids more about his past including the racist parts. It’s important to know our history and the impact it’s had on others. And it’s important to me as a blogger to share things with you I would use in my own classroom or family. 

 

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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Comments

  1. Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories says

    February 18, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    I love these! They are great learning games that go perfectly with the book.

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:47 pm

      Thanks Trisha! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Jackie Higgins says

    February 19, 2013 at 7:34 am

    Love these games! They’ll be perfect for my boys. I have to say, I’m super jealous that your kids are outside barefoot. I’m so tired of cold…

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      February 19, 2013 at 10:48 am

      I know! It’s so strange to think of everyone having snowstorms when my daughter was swimming at her friends’ house last week! We do have snow envy though!

      Reply
  3. Erica Mack says

    February 24, 2013 at 8:57 am

    Hello

    My name is Erica from Columbia , Maryland. I’m currently majoring in Early Childhood Development. I ‘m so impress with your website and the activities you have created along with the Dr.Seuss books are awesome! I’m going to try the foot movement , and I will post back how it went. Thanks for sharing your idea 🙂

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      February 24, 2013 at 9:36 am

      Great Erica! I’m so glad you found some activities you liked!

      Reply
  4. Debs says

    February 25, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    Fun Post! Lots of great ideas. Thanks for linking it to Tuesday Tots. I’ll be featuring it on my site this Tuesday. Have a great day

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      February 25, 2013 at 8:14 pm

      Yay! Thanks so much Debs!

      Reply
  5. Emily Timmons says

    February 28, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    Hi there! Just letting you know that I linked to you in this blog post of mine: http://www.favecrafts.com/blog/fc/dr-seuss-crafts-to-celebrate-dr-seuss-birthday/ Thanks for sharing your ideas!

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      March 1, 2014 at 3:45 pm

      Thanks so much Emily!!! I appreciate it!

      Reply
  6. Leslie Guhl says

    February 24, 2015 at 4:28 pm

    For the board hop-on-pop game I overlapped the circles a bit to make it more clear to the preschoolers what the next letter would be.

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      February 25, 2015 at 10:49 am

      Great idea!!!!

      Reply

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