I can tell you that my boys didn’t want to stop there. These are only some of the things you could do with The Lorax. * Egg Carton Mobiles Sensory Play with the Lorax Thneed Multiplication (Each Truffula Tuft makes x Thneeds, etc) Creating with the LoraxĬreate Your Favorite Character with Pastels in a Forest of Truffula Treesįinger Knit a Thneed Crafting with Recycled Materials Other Science Projects The Lorax Can InspireĬompare seeds Nature Walks Math With the Lorax We are currently doing an experiment to see if the seeds will grow better with the egg carton open or closed. We planted seeds in eggshells using seeds that resemble Truffula seeds. Both are great for developing Stem skills. The boys designed and engineered their own “Truffula Tree Cutters” with Legos or you can b uild your own truffala trees. As a teacher, I used the project approach method which taught me that students interest for a full project can come from the smallest In our home, we like to do a lot of small projects. The possibilities are endless when it comes to what you can do with The Lorax with science. Describe your Truffula Tree Cutter Invention.Unless… (write/draw something that we need to care about).How would you convince the Onceler to stop cutting trees.

My boys came up with the following Creative Writing Prompts, but you can find more from Minds In Bloom. While we made our own graphic organizers on scrap paper, I love This Reading Mama’s Fiction Text Structure FREE PRINTABLE packet that would be great for any fictional book. Inferences, Compare/ Contrast the Book to the Movie Story Maps, Character Traits of Each Character

However, we reread the book again, this time studying the details and having a deep discussion about the concepts, characters, and big ideas. Since this is a family book, my boys were familiar. My hope is you will find some inspiration, gain some resources, and follow your learners lead wherever this study might take them. It was so fun to see the ideas they had and to follow their lead. Next, I went to the children and asked them to help me come up with some ideas to connect to The Lorax. To begin, I did a lot of research on activities we might want to do so that I could be prepared (I have linked these resources at the bottom).

This book study on The Lorax, was no different. If you are a regular here, you know how much I love to involve the children in their learning and decision making. I have created this guide to activities and lessons as a compilation of all things Lorax. So, it was no surprise that my boys jumped on board the minute I mentioned using The Lorax as a book study. I tell you all of this, just to explain just how much we love all Dr. Our print of the Lorax has a copyright from 1977. Seuss books, the well known and the not so well known. I am lucky enough to have all of my books from when I was a little girl.

The lorax original