Dr. Seuss Father
Dr. Suess
The beloved children's book writer, Theodor Geisel Seuss, not only affected his generation with his fun-loving books, but his writings are still loved by children, and even parents, today.
Theodor Geisel Seuss was born March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. His parents were Theodor Robert Geisel and Henrietta Seuss Geisel. Theodor and Dr. Seuss had a different father son relationship than many do today. His father was interested in athletics but more importantly, marksmanship. He would sometimes accompany his dad to the YMCA for a basketball game. This was the same YMCA where basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1981 (Zawacki). When his father was appointed to the springfield park board in 1909, Seuss would often …show more content…
The thought of focusing on only one area for the text few years greatly frustrated and even oppressed his extremely creative mind. After this failed, Dr. Seuss decided to go to art school. When his art teacher reprimanded him for drawing up side down, he transferred out of the class. His senior year he wrote and staged a show for the school. He was also known as the “Joke Editor” of his class yearbook (Zawacki). After leaving grad school in 1926, he worked for many years as a freelance cartoonist selling his ideas to everyone (Comer). Dr. Seuss became known for his “quick, henry the flint” advertising campaigns for flint bug spray in the 1920’s …show more content…
The sound repetition makes it easier to memorize the stories. When the child can remember the words they feel like they are reading. Both child and parents know they only memorized it, but the child's confidence is boosted, and then next time the challenge of reading will be easier. The illustrations in the stories also help children learn to read. Most stories have made up words to follow the wacky rhyming patterns. These words can often not be understood by child or parent making the child, again, feel confident about reading. The illustrations can help the children figure out the word they do not know.In all of his works the illustrations create metaphors. Some of the best examples are back to his famous story, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street. When the child is traveling to school, he is carrying a large book that looks uncomfortable. This represents the child not enjoying
The beloved children's book writer, Theodor Geisel Seuss, not only affected his generation with his fun-loving books, but his writings are still loved by children, and even parents, today.
Theodor Geisel Seuss was born March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. His parents were Theodor Robert Geisel and Henrietta Seuss Geisel. Theodor and Dr. Seuss had a different father son relationship than many do today. His father was interested in athletics but more importantly, marksmanship. He would sometimes accompany his dad to the YMCA for a basketball game. This was the same YMCA where basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1981 (Zawacki). When his father was appointed to the springfield park board in 1909, Seuss would often …show more content…
The thought of focusing on only one area for the text few years greatly frustrated and even oppressed his extremely creative mind. After this failed, Dr. Seuss decided to go to art school. When his art teacher reprimanded him for drawing up side down, he transferred out of the class. His senior year he wrote and staged a show for the school. He was also known as the “Joke Editor” of his class yearbook (Zawacki). After leaving grad school in 1926, he worked for many years as a freelance cartoonist selling his ideas to everyone (Comer). Dr. Seuss became known for his “quick, henry the flint” advertising campaigns for flint bug spray in the 1920’s …show more content…
The sound repetition makes it easier to memorize the stories. When the child can remember the words they feel like they are reading. Both child and parents know they only memorized it, but the child's confidence is boosted, and then next time the challenge of reading will be easier. The illustrations in the stories also help children learn to read. Most stories have made up words to follow the wacky rhyming patterns. These words can often not be understood by child or parent making the child, again, feel confident about reading. The illustrations can help the children figure out the word they do not know.In all of his works the illustrations create metaphors. Some of the best examples are back to his famous story, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street. When the child is traveling to school, he is carrying a large book that looks uncomfortable. This represents the child not enjoying