This is a Touchstone Children's Book and is great for all ages! It is a wonderful beginner book for children to start reading but I think it is ideal for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd graders.
I really liked the story and found the illustrations to be unique and very interesting. The story is fun and rhymes which I think is great for students to read! The illustrations throughout the book are very colorful and cover the entire page. I found it very interesting that the only colors that are used in the whole book are blue, red, and white, but it is amazing how much he was able to do with only a couple of colors. I have read other Dr. Seuss books and the writing in all of his books is very similar due to the rhyming and creating of words. I think it is something that children would really enjoy to read!
Children would love the pictures and the story! It is a very creative, fiction book that allows children to use their imagination while also being able to relate to the story. The setting takes place in the house of two children where the Cat comes and meets the children. A child's home is a place where all children would be able to relate to and understand. The problem that they face is making sure to clean up the mess that the Cat has made before their mom gets home which is also something children would be able to relate to as well. They would be able to use their imagination and have a great time reading the book!
The Cat in the Hat provides a great list of vocabulary and rhyming words for children to learn. A lesson for grade 3 can follow the objective for "identifying the musical elements of literary language (e.g., rhymes, repeated sounds, instances of onomatopoeia)." I can ask my students what a rhyming word is and to find examples of rhyming words throughout the book. I can also have a vocabulary word list, found on this website (http://seasonal.theteacherscorner.net/read-across-america/worksheets/the-cat-in-the-hat-vocab-list.pdf). I can ask my students what the words mean that are on the vocabulary list and we will be able to go over the ones that they do not know.
Another website that I could use is: http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1571.html. This would be great to use when reading the book to younger children because it is a sight game which connects the vocabulary words in the book to pictures or actions in the classroom. It is a great way to get children to learn what the tough words are and they will have a great time doing it.
Next, students will be able to create their own Cat in the Hat poem using the vocabulary list and rhyming words. The website that I can use for this can be found at: http://seasonal.theteacherscorner.net/read-across-america/the-cat-in-the-hat.php. I will ask my students what they have learned about rhyming and will be able to test their knowledge by reading their poems that they have created. I think that The Cat in the Hat is a great book for children of all ages and I would love to include this book when I am teaching rhyming and vocabulary!
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