I am behind
this year in wishing Dr. Seuss a happy birthday. By the time I realized it was coming up, I
was already involved in the 3-week series about identifying, reporting and
preventing child abuse. So, I now wish
him a belated happy birthday. (He would
have been 110 years old on March 2.)
So, why do I
think Dr. Seuss is so important that he needs to be remembered every year? Actually, I think he’s important enough that
he should be remembered much more frequently than that. Dr. Seuss taught us two very important things
about reading. 1) The basics are very,
very important, and 2) reading should be a blast.
The basics:
- knowing the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make—Dr. Seuss’s ABC
- identifying beginning or ending sounds--Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
- manipulating sounds through rhyming—Hop on Pop
Reading
should be a blast:
- any Dr. Seuss book! (rhythm, rhyme, repetition, goofy words, life lessons…what’s not to like?)
Happy
reading!!
Misty
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