Dr. Seuss! Now this is a man who knew how to make learning to read fun! Theodore Seuss Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss knew how kids learn best…through having fun and using their imagination. He loved to play and write nonsense! How many teachers allow nonsense their classrooms? Kids love it and Dr. Seuss is proof! He appreciated that young children learn best through rhyme, rhythm, and repetition. It didn’t need to make sense, it just had to be fun!
Do you celebrate Dr. Seuss and his brilliant nonsense? What do you do in your class to make learning fun? We do something fun each day of the week. We have a theme day each day of the week featuring different stories written by Dr. Seuss. We even eat Green Eggs and Ham!
Scholastic.com is an amazing resource for getting ideas to implement in your classroom! They offer so many videos and lesson ideas. Our kids just love to learn about who Dr. Suess was and how he created his work! My class especially loved learning about how “Dr. Suess” is a pen name. We created our own pen names and illustrated in the same way that Dr. Suess created his own images and characters. This was one of my students ideas after watching a video from Scholastics Issue of Let’s Find Out !
Dr. Seuss if a perfect example of making a difference in learning to read. Kids remember his books, love his books, and cherish them just as we do as adults!
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Dr. Seuss would be turning 116 today! His birthday is now called Read Across America Day where kids all over celebrate their love for reading!
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!