One of the best things about having children is being able to rediscover all the great children’s classics. I don’t think I read Dr Seuss’ The Lorax when I was younger, but it has become one of my favourites. It is also a great way to teach children about the importance of taking care of our world.
In case you don’t know the story, or haven’t watched the movie, here’s what you need to know. The Once-ler comes upn a valley of beautiful Truffula trees, cute brown Bar-baloots, Swomee swans and humming fish. The Once-ler chops down a tree to make a garment he calls a Thneed, inadvertently summoning a creature called the Lorax, who speaks for the trees. The Once-ler ignores the Lorax, and chops down trees to make more Thneeds, destroying the land, polluting the water, and chasing the animals away. Bad Once-Ler.
The Once-Ler regrets his actions and leaves us with the following words (and challenge): Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it’s not.
My daughters love The Lorax, particularly the film version with its fun songs. We decided to make a Lorax face.
What you’ll need: orange cardboard, yellow paper, orange pom-poms, googly eyes, glue and scissors.
I cut out a face shape from orange cardboard. Then I traced the girls’ hands on yellow paper and cut them out.
The girls glued their hand shapes in the middle of the faces.
Then they glued orange pom-poms for the nose and stuck on the eyes.
What is your favourite Dr Seuss book?
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