Discussion Shelebrating Shel Silverstein

Discussion: Shelebrate Shel Silverstein 1/7

8/3/2015

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1) How would you include your favorite Shel Silverstein book, poem, or short story in a early childhood program?

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sangeeta

12/30/2017 05:42:44 pm

I have read one book of Shel Sliverstein poem.I have gotten ideas to used his books when talking about feeling, social and emotional discussions. Also for phonic awareness.

Sherry Howard

12/30/2017 06:19:53 pm

I would introduce a short poem like The Voice or Snowball during circle time. First I would write it on chart paper and then read it to them. I would repeat it a couple of times and then continue to read it to them everyday and encourage them to repeat it.

linda

12/31/2017 04:01:29 pm

I would introduce a short poem during circle time. Reading it a couple of times throughout the day, soon children can join in and chant with me as a group.

Katelynn Harper

1/2/2018 09:24:51 pm

I would choose to use one of his shorter poems and repeat it everyday day at circle time to allow the children to memorize it.

Angela Bevard

1/3/2018 12:25:20 pm

The snowball would be fun. I’m sure the class would think it is hilarious. It is easy to repeat back and not too long for little learners. We could make a snowball (shaved ice) sensory bin and see how long it takes the snowballs to melt and have the class give predictions about how long they think it will take.

Martha Hill link

1/13/2018 12:38:26 pm

There are many ways to use the books by Shel Silverstein. Poems that can be use in classroom to help to build and support their social - emotional and know the responsibilities.
Sound letter recognition, rhyming words, phonemic awareness, support and help them to express their thoughts and feeling by writing to their parents, classmates and or teachers.

Maria C.

2/3/2018 11:20:05 pm

Poems are very useful because it helps the children build and support their social skills and responsibilities.

Kelli Paddock

3/5/2018 04:36:40 pm

I have an afterschool program and we like to recite our favorite while cleaning..."There's too many kids in this tub"

Manolita

3/29/2018 04:25:00 pm

I have always included Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree both in teaching science and language arts. In science, I use it to talk about the importance of trees. In language arts, about the symbolisms used in the story.

Mackenzie link

4/10/2018 07:05:45 pm

I like all Shel Silversteins books because it helps the children with their social skills and their language arts. I love his poems it helps the children learn responsibilities, its so much fun.

Michelle Waud

6/5/2018 02:25:25 pm

We use the snowball poem at our Christmas program and the children love it, we do some sign language along with it and talk about the understanding of where the snowball went. And why

Mischelle Strauser

6/14/2018 08:19:35 am

Before this course I thought Shel Silverstein's writing was just silly. But now I can see many poems and writings that I could incorporate in my preschool class. The way he writes is kind of how kids think. Like the carrot poem. But also the one where it's important to listen to your internal voice is great. It inspires me and I am looking forward to reading this in class.

shilpa

6/17/2018 12:13:02 am

For example they say carrots are good for your eyes. ask open ended questions to kids which improves their comprehension & literacy skills.

Jeanie Bree

6/20/2018 01:16:56 pm

I already do this!
I will pick one of his poetry books, thumb through the pages and call on one student to tell me when to stop thumbing. We then read that poem. Eventually they develop favorite ones and we reread those often.

Elizabeth Itaya

7/18/2018 01:02:39 pm

Use it to have the children repeat and rhyme with me to learn new vocab.

Kristin

8/22/2018 12:32:12 pm

I have used the giving tree in my early childhood classroom when talking about kindness. I loved The Snowball poem and think that will be great for winter.

Thinking ahead into the fall, I like the idea of using The Voice poem as a way to communicate classroom rules and doing the "right" thing.

Krima

8/28/2018 08:51:09 pm

Shel Silverstein's poems are great materials for circle time or for introduction to a phonemic awareness lesson. Using his poems are a fun, playful way to study rhyme, rhythm, and phonemes in ways that are interesting for young children. It can be a jump-off point to study sound recognition, science, reading comprehension, word recognition, English language learning, fine and gross motor skills, and values education.

Atsuko

9/1/2018 07:20:24 pm

I like to use poem The Voice, I can introduce new words to children and it help me to explain meaning of be responsible and take responsibility for their own actions.

Kristyn Hoffmann

9/3/2018 08:07:00 am

I love reading "The Giving Tree" to my classes. We read it during circle time. While reading, we discuss how the tree and the boy may be feeling on each page. After reading, I ask the children what each charactor did to make the other one feel different emotions. It also ties in great to earth day when we talk about respecting our planet.

Nisureen Senofor Shameer

9/9/2018 07:31:15 pm

I will certainly plan to include Shel Silverstein's poems in small group and large group study time. I feel the literacy techniques that his works display are developmentally appropriate for early learners' language learning. His works are gateways to phonemic and phonological awareness.

Jennifer

9/15/2018 09:19:40 pm

It's been many years since I read "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and memorized poems for class--so it would be fun to reintroduce some poems, maybe picking one a week, and reading it in Circle Time. Repeating each day for a week will help them remember the poem--and knowing a new one comes each week will get them excited for more poetry!

Margret Sanders

9/24/2018 03:50:02 pm

1) How would you include your favorite Shel Silverstein book, poem, or short story in a early childhood program?

I would include the poem during circle time and reading time by first writing it out on the white board in our classroom and reading it out to them. Every day we could begin with the poem and discuss what they think it means to measure their understanding. If the children feel comfortable I would give them a try to say it on their own.

megan

9/29/2018 06:55:02 pm

i would use his poems to enrich my students vocabulary and to expand their mind in fun and silly ways.

Tami Shigeta

10/21/2018 02:52:17 pm

I would use a silly poem like Runny Babbit and have them change some words and use rhyme to make up silly words. That although they are not real words they can still make something rhyme just by changing the first or last letters.

Porscha

10/28/2018 12:25:10 pm

I would choose a poem to read each week. Repeating it several times throughout each day, as practice for learning new vocabulary and letter sounds.

Kylie Jessup

11/11/2018 08:45:31 pm

I have often used The Giving Tree to teach children about kindness. I have also used several of his short poems to help children discuss different emotions.

Brittney

12/3/2018 01:27:25 pm

Kylie,
That is a wonderful way to use stories within your classroom!

Samantha Lucas

11/29/2018 04:20:46 pm

I would incorporate Shel Silverstiens work into Circle Time...the children are very excited to learn rhymes and fun stories

Shantha Pathak link

12/3/2018 07:08:33 pm

We incorporate Shel Silverstein poems in our circle time. We often take the opportunity to write the new vocabulary words on the white board so that the children to relate to them. It helps in print awareness among preschoolers.

Lydia Hansen

12/8/2018 10:43:51 pm

I would include Shel Silverstein's poems and literacy in the classroom by reading them to my students and then I would make it interactive by asking questions or even doing an activity that could go along with it.

Deirdre Schmid

12/10/2018 05:22:16 pm

I use Shel Silverstein's poetry in various ways in my classroom. We learn and memorize short poems like "Snowball" because they are funny and help them reason. Some of his longer poems are read as they sit on their "Magic carpets" and imagine the story they are hearing. I find that my preschoolers like the silly ones like "Carrots" because they feel they are "grown up thinkers" knowing that things are not merely as they are said.

Kimmai Than

12/10/2018 09:18:21 pm

I will read poem during circle time because poem help children know more about language arts like rhyming and phonemic

Beverly

12/11/2018 04:08:48 pm

I like using his poems and books in the classroom in a number of ways. We memorize them. We listen to them and use them for a jumping of point for a variety of disscussions. We model our own poems after his etc. They are a lot of fun and very versatile.

Amy Lewandowski

12/16/2018 01:10:59 pm

My favorite Shel Silverstein book is The Giving Tree. I think it would be an awesome lesson on social and emotional development because it provokes strong emotions and the perhaps new idea of how your own actions can affect another person. I would read the story to the children at circle time, and discuss why the boy only came back to the tree when he needed something, how this made the tree feel, how he could have treated the tree differently, and why the tree kept giving to the boy. We could then do some role-playing, making sure each child got a chance to be the boy and the tree, and then discuss how each role made us feel. We could then make cards or write letters to the tree as the boy or to the boy as the tree expressing how the other makes us feel.

Douglas Hansen

12/25/2018 08:05:04 am

My children love "The Giving Tree." It presents a great opportunity to talk about emotions and feelings, friendship and love.

Pamela Miller

12/25/2018 10:24:37 pm

One of my favorite Shel Silverstein books is "The Giving Tree." It is a beautifully written story about unconditional love and friendship. I have shared this story with my preschool class during group time to help teach my students about the act of kindness. This story also helps children to understand feelings and emotions and how to express empathy. It is a wonderful story that teaches us how everything is connected and how our actions have an affect on others.

Anna

12/27/2018 02:12:00 pm

I would start with one of the shorter poems with a great illustration like the carrot one or the man who lost his head and sits down on a rock to think about it-spoiler-the rock is his head! Kids get a kick out of these and it makes them think about the words and what they mean. Or picking one of the poems about a kid (Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout, Sister For Sale) as many of my students could probably relate to not wanting to do their chores or being annoyed by a younger sibling.

Stella Washburn

12/27/2018 04:03:23 pm

I would read Silverstein's poetry starting with short ones, at circle time. I would read the same poem more than once during the week and invite the children to recite with me as it grew more familiar to them. I would include showing the illustration and ask them what the thought of the poem.

jennifer jacob

12/27/2018 10:58:08 pm

Me and the class would say or be silly while listeningto tthe book

Shelley Lekness

12/28/2018 11:31:13 am

I do use some of Shel Silverstein's poems in my classroom already. The kids find them funny and it keeps them engaged with me. The Giving Tree is my favorite, I use it as a tool to teach about being kind to our friends.

Emily

12/29/2018 08:02:42 pm

I would read The Giving Tree because it teaches about kindness and sharing and how important it is everyday, over a lifetime. We could read the book, act it out (taking turn to be the child and the tree) and do an art project on it.

Eibhlinn Cowan-Kuist

12/30/2018 05:55:03 pm

I read Shel Silverstein at circle times all the time. We read a poem and learn it all together. then the children will sometimes recite the poem for the other teachers or families

Honor

12/31/2018 12:39:38 pm

I would include my favorite Shel Silverstein poems into my classroom by reading them aloud with my students, and then creating funny movements or hand motions. Then I would have the kids and I practice reciting them in chunks.

Nikki Green

1/11/2019 12:01:33 pm

I would write a short poem like “snowball” on a large piece of paper and hang it in my circle time. I would recite the poem a couple of times and encourage the children to read aloud with me.

Yolanda

2/11/2019 02:50:45 pm

I have never used Shel Silverstein poems in my classroom, but would love to use this this year as I introduce rhyming words. His poems are silly and fun and I think the kids would love them.

Elizabeth Cruz

2/19/2019 09:54:12 pm

1) How would you include your favorite Shel Silverstein book, poem, or short story in a early childhood program?

Shel Silverstein The Voice is my favorite and i would use it can help the kids express their feeling

Elizabeth Cruz

2/20/2019 10:05:51 am

i liked the voice it is a very beautiful poem and it can help the kids with their emotions

Elizabeth cruz

2/20/2019 10:31:10 am

i liked the voice it is a very beautiful poem and it can help the kids with their emotions

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