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Dr. Seuss's Homeschool Language Lessons

Dr. Seuss Homeschool Language Arts LessonsAt the beginning of the school year I wrote about how I make up my own first grade language lessons using a short sentence or two from a children's book that illustrates a particular language-related concept. For instance, if we want to study plurals, I might select a sentence(s) that has a singular and a plural noun in it. I would have Joely copy the sentence down from the book, then we would discuss what plurals are and how they are made. Then, as we read through the book, Joely would point out other plurals that she sees in the text. To stress the concept even more, I would also have Joely rewrite the sentence throughout the week, finally rewriting it from dictation at the end of the week.

This method not only introduces language concepts in a non-workbook method, but it also helps with spelling since Joely is writing the same sentence over and over again, then writing it completely from dictation at the end of the week.

Dr. Seuss is a favorite children's author of mine, and Dr. Seuss's books are so engaging that I thought it'd be fun to make up a list of language lessons using his wonderful stories. This list is by no means exhaustive since it only takes into account the Seuss books I have in our personal library, but it does give you at least one example of a book to use for each of the concepts listed.

I've tried to select books in which the particular concept is illustrated in more than one place so your child can find them all as you read together. Hopefully this list will inspire you to create your own unique language lessons for your little ones in your homeschool.

You can download a PDF of the homeschool language lessons with Dr. Seuss for your personal use.

Dr. Seuss's Homeschool Language Lessons

BY CONCEPT

  • Periods & Capital Letters: Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?,There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!
  • Capitalizing “I”: There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!
  • Quotation Marks: Horton Hears A Who!, The Cat in the Hat
  • Question Marks: Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? , Are You My Mother?, Who Are You, Sue Snue?
  • Exclamation Marks: The Cat in the Hat
  • A & An: Who Are You, Sue Snue?
  • Plurals: Bears on Wheels
  • Conjunctions (and): The Cat in the Hat, In a People House
  • Conjunctions (or): Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?
  • Rhyming Words: There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!, Hop on Pop
  • Contractions: There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!
  • Would/Should/Could: Green Eggs and Ham
  • Color Words: I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words
  • Number Words: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish; Bears on Wheels
  • Opposites: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish; The Foot Book
  • Abbreviations (Mr., Mrs.): Hop on Pop
  • Proper Nouns (names): Who Are You, Sue Snue?, Hop on Pop
  • Verbs: I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words
  • Adjectives: The B Book
  • Pronouns: The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
  • Prepositions: Green Eggs and Ham
  • Onomatopoeia: Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
  • Alliteration: The B Book, Fox in Sox, Berenstains’ A Book, Dr. Seuss’s ABC
  • Italics for Emphasis: Horton Hears A Who!, Who Are You, Sue Snue?
  • Capitalization for Emphasis: Horton Hears A Who!
  • Parentheses: Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?

BY BOOK TITLE

  • Are You My Mother?: Question Marks
  • B Book, The: Adjectives, Alliteration
  • Berenstains’ A Book: Alliteration
  • Bears on Wheels: Plurals, Number Words
  • Cat in the Hat, The: Quotation Marks, Exclamation Marks, Conjunctions (and)
  • Cat in the Hat Comes Back, The: Pronouns
  • Dr. Seuss’s ABC: Alliteration
  • Foot Book, The: Opposites
  • Fox in Sox: Alliteration
  • Green Eggs and Ham: Would/Should/Could, Prepositions
  • Hop on Pop: Rhymings Words, Abbreviations (Mr., Mrs.), Proper Nouns (names)
  • Horton Hears A Who!: Quotations Marks, Italics for Emphasis, Capitalization for Emphasis
  • I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words: Color Words, Verbs
  • In a People House: Conjunctions (and)
  • Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?: Onomatopoeia
  • One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Number Words, Opposites
  • There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!: Periods & Capital Letters, Capitalizing “I”, Rhyming Words, Contractions
  • Who Are You, Sue Snue?: Question Marks, A & An, Proper Nouns (names), Italics for Emphasis
  • Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?: Periods & Capital Letters, Question Marks, Conjunctions (or), Parentheses


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Comments

  1. Amy@ Joy of my Heart says

    January 27, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    O my goodness!! Joy you are doing it again.. inspiring me and making my life soooo much easier! Woo hoo… I cannot say thankyou enough for all this great info.. I have it bookmarked to refer too and saving the pdf file… woman, you most completely and truly ROCK my socks!

    Yay! Happy dancin' away…. Amy 🙂

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  2. Angie @ Many Little Blessings says

    January 27, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    What a fabulous list! Thanks for allowing for the pdf download. (I'll definitely post a link to this on the weekend!)

    Angie @ Many Little Blessings’s last blog post..It's Left Me in Stitches

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  3. Memarie Lane says

    January 28, 2009 at 11:17 am

    That's great. I've started doing writing exercises each day with my 5 year old and it's really been helping not just with his penmanship, but with his reading and comprehension as well. The mindless copying of meaningless letters was doing nothing for him.

    Memarie Lane’s last blog post..

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  4. Michelle says

    January 28, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    What an amazing idea. I am bookmarking this post to refer back to when we reach first grade. Thanks so much for the wonderful idea.

    Michelle’s last blog post..Preschool Prep

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  5. Beth says

    January 28, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    What a fantastic list! I love it! I will be doing a theme unit with my daughter on Dr. Seuss in March and will definitely be coming back to this! I'd love to link to it on my blog, too!
    Beth
    applesandjammies.blogspot.com

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  6. Emily says

    January 28, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    Wow. What a wonderful idea! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  7. Katherine says

    February 2, 2009 at 12:01 am

    Wow! What a wonderful idea! Thank you so much for sharing how to do it as well as providing a list to start with!

    Katherine’s last blog post..The Blessing of Our Marriage

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  8. Anna says

    February 3, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    This is just brilliant!

    Reply
  9. Aly in Va. says

    March 3, 2009 at 7:41 am

    Very cool idea. Just found your site, looking forward to reading through it.

    Aly in Va.’s last blog post.."3 C's"- Chilly Days, Children's Museum & Chinese Festival

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  10. Jimmie says

    July 19, 2009 at 2:30 am

    You are brilliant!
    I'm subbing to your blog NOW.
    .-= Jimmie´s last blog ..Sale at Knowledge Box Central =-.

    Reply
  11. Julie @ Learn How To Speak Italian says

    January 6, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    What a fabulous idea! Isn't it amazing how easily and quickly we learn when we're having fun. This is obviously a wonderful way to teach kids, but the general concept can and should be applied to adult learning as well. Thank you for sharing your creativity!
    .-= Julie @ Learn How To Speak Italian´s last blog ..KeywordLuv, CommentLuv and Top Commentator Blog =-.

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  12. John@Learn Russian Online says

    March 25, 2010 at 6:36 am

    What a great post! This is such a useful list and great teaching technique for any language teacher. I think this'll work for other languages too, you just have to use a great children's book like Dr. Seuss and some imagination!
    .-= John@Learn Russian Online´s last blog ..Learn To Speak Russian =-.

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  13. Bethany says

    April 25, 2010 at 3:40 pm

    Love this! Will bookmark for down the road. My oldest starts Kindergarten at home this fall, he'd loooove this. We have most of these books. Check out my blog!

    Reply
  14. Learn How To Speak Russian says

    April 30, 2010 at 2:02 am

    This is so great for the learner who wants to get easy way to learning.
    Thanks for blog.

    Reply

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