We are big Dr. Seuss fans - while we were homeschooling, we always had Dr. Seuss Week around March 2nd with reading all kinds of Seuss books and making art projects to go along with them.
This was our first Seuss week back when Sunny was all of five years old - she's 12 and in 7th grade now.
We paid a visit in March to Sam I Am and no, we do not like green eggs and ham.
A recent addition to the
Springfield Museums in Massachusetts is the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss, so we made the trek north. We've been there lots of times to see the bronze statues of the Dr. Seuss characters in the courtyard between the other museums, and it was time to finally take Dad to see the Dr. Seuss museum.
The main floor is the playing floor. Stack the turtles with Yertle. Hang out with the Cat, Horton, and the Lorax. Put on tiny little hats, and sit on the motorcycle on Mulberry Street.
The lower floor is a big room for the kids to do a daily craft project. We made wockets for our pockets with popsicle sticks, feathers, and markers. The upper floor is the more formal museum section about Dr. Seuss's life, with the furniture from his office, original drawings, and other small items that he owned that relate to his writing and illustrations. Our kids ran through that quickly, and went back downstairs to play some more.
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