by Kevin Mcdaniels

Created on: March 05, 2010

The story Green Eggs and Ham is a classic.  When you have finished reading it to your child or classroom, what do you do then?  This article will list many different ideas that you can easily use with one child or twenty children. 

Continue the Rhyme

Have the children come up with ideas of where else and with whom they could have tried to eat green eggs and ham.  Some ideas I came up with include: In a car with a star.  In a tree with a bee. On a bus with Gus.  You can use one of these as an example, and see what rhymes the kids can come up with.  If you are doing the activity with a class, try to incorporate some of your student’s names in the rhyming, that will make them more eager to help.

Have Breakfast

If you have only a few kids, you can make green eggs (by adding food coloring) and ham.  Create a breakfast day where you can put a table in a box with a stuffed fox, or take a box and make it a train car.  If you can get a noise maker (a white noise maker) that has a setting for rain noise, you can eat it in the rain.  If there is any way possible, you could dress up as Sam and serve green eggs and ham to the children.  If you are a teacher and you have many students, you can still offer green eggs and ham.  If you are on a bit of a budget, you may want to consider creating green eggs and ham out of construction paper.

Lists, Lists and Lists

Have the students brainstorm lists of food.  Have them make lists of food that they do not like.  Have them create lists of foods that they have never tried, but don’t want to try.  Have them make lists of food that they do like (you can make some all encompassing ones such as “candy”).  See if there are any students who like foods that some kids don’t.  See if anyone likes foods that the other kids won’t try.  Perhaps, some kids can convince others to try new food.  The most important thing is to have fun with it.

Dr. Seuss wrote many books that have inspired children over the years.  His books are lighthearted on the surface, but many have deeper meaning than most kids understand.  Green Eggs and Ham is one of those books.  It appears to be rhyming fun when first read, but it also teaches us to not fear change or trying something new. 

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