Comments on: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! http://www.eastbaychildrensbookproject.org/2010/03/happy-birthday-dr-seuss/ Bringing Books to Children Who Need Them Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cherida http://www.eastbaychildrensbookproject.org/2010/03/happy-birthday-dr-seuss/comment-page-1/#comment-83 cherida Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:23:06 +0000 http://www.eastbaychildrensbookproject.org/?p=322#comment-83 I use to read many Dr. Seuss books to my daughter and among her favorite was Green Eggs and Ham. I continue to read it to my preschool students who get a kick out of green eggs and ham as after we read it we usually make green eggs. One loud and boisterous comment from one of my children about the green eggs after we read the book and before we made and ate green eggs, "Eewh! "I think I'd like orange ones instead!" :-) I use to read many Dr. Seuss books to my daughter and among her favorite was Green Eggs and Ham. I continue to read it to my preschool students who get a kick out of green eggs and ham as after we read it we usually make green eggs. One loud and boisterous comment from one of my children about the green eggs after we read the book and before we made and ate green eggs, “Eewh! “I think I’d like orange ones instead!” :-)

]]> By: Jamie http://www.eastbaychildrensbookproject.org/2010/03/happy-birthday-dr-seuss/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Jamie Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:00:45 +0000 http://www.eastbaychildrensbookproject.org/?p=322#comment-82 Last year a friend of mine, who works for a company with red and white in their logo, sent me an e-mail, detailing how he was unable to continue, due to red tape, his tradition of volunteering for the company's annual Dr. Seuss celebration. "Why don't you come read to my kids?" was my response. He jumped at the chance. From the first day he came in in his Cat in the Hat hat the kids just adored him! It started out with some Dr. Seuss books, but soon it blossomed into baseball in the classroom, a solar system activity in which several of them got to be planets and the list goes on. The familiar red and white hat changed into many others, but "Dr. Seuss" was always bum rushed the minute he walked in the door. I suspect this had something to do with the facts that he is a man and that he sometimes brought cool stuff for us, but nonetheless what he provided for our kids my coteacher and I are grateful for. Due to red tape at my job, he has been unable to continue volutneering. It's clear, though he has been out of the field of early childhood education for a while now, that he still has the knack for it. I am proud to know Jerry and call him a friend. Last year a friend of mine, who works for a company with red and white in their logo, sent me an e-mail, detailing how he was unable to continue, due to red tape, his tradition of volunteering for the company’s annual Dr. Seuss celebration. “Why don’t you come read to my kids?” was my response. He jumped at the chance.

From the first day he came in in his Cat in the Hat hat the kids just adored him! It started out with some Dr. Seuss books, but soon it blossomed into baseball in the classroom, a solar system activity in which several of them got to be planets and the list goes on. The familiar red and white hat changed into many others, but “Dr. Seuss” was always bum rushed the minute he walked in the door. I suspect this had something to do with the facts that he is a man and that he sometimes brought cool stuff for us, but nonetheless what he provided for our kids my coteacher and I are grateful for.

Due to red tape at my job, he has been unable to continue volutneering. It’s clear, though he has been out of the field of early childhood education for a while now, that he still has the knack for it. I am proud to know Jerry and call him a friend.

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