Dr. Seuss for First-day Schools
Lynne Brick, Barbara Caldwell, and Donna Sweeney, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Religious Education Committee, 1989, reprinted 1991, 1995, 25 pp. ($7.80)
Content: A collection of lessons based on Dr. Seuss stories and related to a Quaker theme and/or testimony.
Age Range: Ages 6-12, but can be adapted to older or younger children.
Preparation Time: 30 minutes to collect materials, try out a craft, or read over the story.
Number of Lessons: The lessons cover 18 Dr. Seuss stories, each of which could take one or two weeks.
Activities: These include discussion questions, games, crafts, and easy cooking projects.
Supplies/Equipment: The curriculum contains an excellent resource list with related Bible or Quaker stories and songs from Songs of the Spirit.
Published by Curriculum Working Group of the Religious Education Executive Concerns Group, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, September 1998 (reprinted, November 2001).
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