For this lesson, we learned about three dimensional designs and the different layers (foreground, middle ground, and background). Dr. Seuss was incorporated into the lesson by showing some of the characters and scenes from his books/movies. First we had to create a Dr. Seuss type creature by first drawing it on a piece of construction paper. We then had to make that creature out of play-doh. We had to create a construction paper based scenery which we had to use foreground, middle ground, and background. We also had to use three different decorative items on either the creature or the scenery. Children would like this activity because it allows them to be creative and use different materials to do so. There was also a mad lib used to describe our masterpieces which integrates literacy into the lesson.
An extension activity for this could be creating a short novel that is based off of Dr. Seuss. They would have their creatures be the main characters and use rhyming throughout it. This could work on their literacy skills but they would also really enjoy it because it would be their own idea and they can keep it forever.
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