Dr. Seuss
Over the last few months, Jonah has really gained an appreciation for Dr. Seuss. First he started with these two:
Now he also really enjoys:
It just tickles me to hear him quoting it randomly throughout the day. Earlier today I caught him drumming and singing/rapping one page from One Fish, Two Fish, where one of the lines goes something like "You never yet met a pet, I bet, as wet as they let this wet pet get." A few days before that he was staring at the fridge attempting the same rhyme, and then said, "That's One fish, two fish".
I also heard him saying "A night in Na-Nupp, when the 3 moons are up" from The Thinks You Can Think. He also quotes a bit about how "beft always go to the left" and then adds, "silly beft!"
He absolutely LOVES the keen-shooter, mean-shooter, bean-shooter bugs from If I Ran the Zoo. The first time we read that story, he was laughing out loud at the picture (boy humor!), and then said "Jonah need to shoot beans out HIS nose." I attempted to convince him that such a thing is not a good idea.
My favorite though, is when we quote a page together from One Fish, Two Fish, that goes something like this:
Mommy: Are wumps real or pretend?
Jonah: They're real! We need to go in the car and see them. I need my special video camera to see them.
Then he fidgeted around, picking up his pretend special video camera, putting it up to his eyes and so on. Pretty funny.
Jonah absolutely would NOT get into this next one. He flat out refused my offer to read it on multiple occasions. Not sure why.
He WAS interested in reading this one, but I found myself unable to read it. It's basically a book completely loaded with tongue-twisters. It was so much work for me that I put it down after a few pages and refused to read it to him!
Dr. Seuss, we salute you!
Now he also really enjoys:
It just tickles me to hear him quoting it randomly throughout the day. Earlier today I caught him drumming and singing/rapping one page from One Fish, Two Fish, where one of the lines goes something like "You never yet met a pet, I bet, as wet as they let this wet pet get." A few days before that he was staring at the fridge attempting the same rhyme, and then said, "That's One fish, two fish".
I also heard him saying "A night in Na-Nupp, when the 3 moons are up" from The Thinks You Can Think. He also quotes a bit about how "beft always go to the left" and then adds, "silly beft!"
He absolutely LOVES the keen-shooter, mean-shooter, bean-shooter bugs from If I Ran the Zoo. The first time we read that story, he was laughing out loud at the picture (boy humor!), and then said "Jonah need to shoot beans out HIS nose." I attempted to convince him that such a thing is not a good idea.
My favorite though, is when we quote a page together from One Fish, Two Fish, that goes something like this:
Bump, bump, bumpJonah can pretty much recite that last line. Pretty impressive! Tonight after his bath we were reciting it together. Here's how the conversation went when we were done...
Did you ever ride a wump?
We have a wump with just one hump
But we know a man called Mr. Gump
Mr. Gump has a seven-hump wump
So if you like to go bump, bump
Just jump on a hump of the wump of Gump
Mommy: Are wumps real or pretend?
Jonah: They're real! We need to go in the car and see them. I need my special video camera to see them.
Then he fidgeted around, picking up his pretend special video camera, putting it up to his eyes and so on. Pretty funny.
Jonah absolutely would NOT get into this next one. He flat out refused my offer to read it on multiple occasions. Not sure why.
He WAS interested in reading this one, but I found myself unable to read it. It's basically a book completely loaded with tongue-twisters. It was so much work for me that I put it down after a few pages and refused to read it to him!
Dr. Seuss, we salute you!
posted by Sherri Lavender at
10:40 PM
2 Comments:
I actually haven't read most of those. Hard to believe, I know!
Have you discovered "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb"? It's not actually a Seuss, but is published by the same company in some book sets.
It's about monkeys who play drums. Not a 'kit' though!
It's not as silly as a Seuss, but has a rhythm to it.
By
Anonymous, At
8:29 PM
Lynn,
That book sounds right up Jonah's alley! I'll have to see if they have it at the library! Thanks!
Sherri
By
Sherri Lavender, At
8:38 PM
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