My classes of kindergarteners were ready to do another Dr. Seuss project! I was excited and chose Yertle the Turtle! This book is all about a turtle who wants to be king of the turtles and see everything around the pond and cannot control himself to stop building his turtle stack. We as a class, are making five turtle stacks. I read the book to the students and then a turtle stencil for each of them. I wanted to observe how they traced and how that image translated when they cut them out. The students used cool colored paper and cut out five turtles. They could be facing left or right, could be placed sideways and upside down in the stack, so students enjoyed this aspect of the lesson. After the turtles were cut out, students added faces and patterns with construction paper crayons. The patterns were just added to the shell, not the entire turtle which was adorable! The last step was choosing background paper, students could choose green or blue and their works were then matted on the opposite color (see images). These were sent to the library to display for Read Across America!
Arty On! Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
Arty On! Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
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