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Feb 25, 2016 · While his books are known for their humor and spirit, they also convey a moral lesson and incorporate strategies that help children improve their reading skills. His ability to make learning fun and accessible has won the hearts of children and parents alike. His legacy continues today — more than 20 years after his death.
How Dr. Seuss Changed Education in America. The playful inventor of the Yuzz-a-ma-Tuzz faced a challenge: write a page-turner that restrained itself to a few hundred real, mostly monosyllabic...
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One way to start could be sharing the conversation scholars themselves are having. For context: Geisel biographers and historians are (you might want to sit down for this one) virtually 100 percent white. The researchers behind the new study are people of color, and more specifically they’re from groups that were often on the receiving end of racia...
In light of this new information, you may wonder about Dr. Seuss books featuring non-human characters. At Teaching Tolerance, we’ve even featured anti-racist activities built around the Dr. Seuss book The Sneetches. But when we re-evaluated, we found that the story is actually not as “anti-racist” as we once thought. And it has some pretty intricat...
An excellent example of what educators should do can be found in NEA and Read Across America Day’s response to this subject. When presented with this research from Ishikuza and Stephens, they made a choice to shift the focus of Read Across America Day from Dr. Seuss and his works to the diverse voices and experiences that help create America’s dive...
Feb 14, 2019 · Through exposure to rhyme in books kids learn to segment words into phonemes, improving their decoding and comprehension abilities. Dr. Seuss, whose March 2 birthday is the historical marker for Read Across America Day, is an author whose stories are synonymous with rhyming.
Mar 2, 2021 · Curriculum. The Dr. Seuss Controversy: What Educators Need to Know. By Sarah Schwartz — March 02, 2021 5 min read. Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced it would cease publication of several of...
About Simon Adorian. Simon Adorian is an experienced English teacher who is currently Deputy Headteacher of a large 9-13 Middle School. He has worked as an LEA Literacy Consultant and has written numerous playscripts for schools. He has recently edited an Anthology for the Collins Cascades Collection.
