Green Eggs and Ham Game: Color Word Eggs

One of the most popular Dr. Seuss books is Green Eggs and Ham. “I do not like them, Sam-I-Am. I do not like green eggs and ham.” Every March we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Day with fun activities to compliment Seuss books. Today, I’ve got a fun Green Eggs and Ham game to build color word recognition.

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Green Eggs and Ham Game and Book

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The Book

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“Do you like green eggs and ham?” That question gets asked over and over again in [easyazon_link identifier=”0394800168″ locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]Green Eggs and Ham[/easyazon_link] by Dr. Seuss.

The Activity

Materials Needed: colored plastic eggs, [easyazon_link identifier=”B0038QU6CU” locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]brown lunch bags[/easyazon_link], dry erase marker, black marker, [easyazon_link identifier=”B007RJ3GSK” locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]plastic sleeve[/easyazon_link], [easyazon_link identifier=”B000FA6DXS” locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]letter tiles[/easyazon_link], and word printable (free download below)

Set-up is easy.

Place the correct [easyazon_link identifier=”B000FA6DXS” locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]letter tiles[/easyazon_link] in one egg of each color to spell the color word.
Place all the eggs in a basket.
Make paper nests by folding down the sides of a [easyazon_link identifier=”B0038QU6CU” locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]brown paper lunch bag[/easyazon_link]. Write a color word on each nest to match the color eggs you have on hand.
Print the free download of the word mat. Place in a [easyazon_link identifier=”B007RJ3GSK” locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]plastic sleeve[/easyazon_link] and include a dry erase marker.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE WORD MAT PAGE

Time to play.

Read each word on the nest with the child.
The child then sorts the eggs into the matching nest. (You could stop here with a young child.)
After the child sorts the words, she can shake each egg to find those that contain letter tiles.
She can crack each egg open and put the letters in the correct order to spell the color word on the word mat. Use the nest as a guide for each word.
After the child builds the word with tiles, she can then write the word on the mat.
Erase and repeat for the next egg.

For more Dr. Seuss ideas, check out these posts from other bloggers participating in the Virtual Book Club for Kids.

Alphabet

Green Eggs Letter Recogntion from Still Playing School

Alphabet Puzzles from Sea of Knowledge

Sensory

Would You Eat This? Green Eggs and Ham Activity from Sunny Day Family

Dr. Seuss Sensory Play with Kinetic Sand from The Educators’ Spin On It

Colors

Color Mixing Truffula Trees from School Time Snippets

Color My Feelings with My Many Colored Days from Teach Beside Me

Shapes

Exploring Shapes and Silhouettes – The Shape of Me and Other Stuff from To Be a Kid Again