Biography of the writer
Samuel was born to a Jewish family in November 1887of the year. His parents were simple people - his mother was engaged in housekeeping, and his father worked as a master at the factory. The boy grew up curious and hardworking. He graduated from the Ostrogozhskaya Gymnasium, and then St. Petersburg and Yalta. Educated abroad in London.
Marshak's works for children like in differentagePhoto: GettyYoung Marshak lived two years in the Yalta dacha in Maxim Gorky, and in 1906 moved to St. Petersburg. He became a journalist, several printed publications, traveled the Middle East, wrote his best works. The first collection of poems was called "Sionids", it was published in 1907. In 1912, the writer married. Lived with his wife abroad, in England, studying local folklore, returned to Russia in 1914. After the October Revolution, the writer created the first children's theater and wrote plays for him. Marshak issued a magazine for children, and during the war helped build kindergartens and boarding schools. I wrote the children's works already in adulthood. He lived a long, dignified life, and died at 76 years old, and his creativity lives and makes new generations happy.
What Marshak's works are taught for preschool children, a short list
S.Ya. Marshak wrote 32 children's tales, including works in verse and prose, one play - "Twelve Months". With pleasure, the children read the humorous poems of the writer - "That's what diffused" and "Mr. Twister". Based on the author's works, children's cartoons were made:
- Cat house;
- Teremok;
- About the goat;
- Poodle;
- That's what diffused;
- Tale of a stupid mouse;
- Miracles in a sieve, etc.
Marshak has many small children's poems,which cover the experience of children's life in all its manifestations. Interesting alphabet in verse and pictures, written by the author for kids helps them learn letters and remember funny poems. In children's works, the author unobtrusively, sometimes with humor, teaches children to distinguish between good and evil, sympathize, help those who are weaker. He ridicules human shortcomings and fosters love for his homeland. It is useful for children to read the verses and tales of S. Ya. Marshak. They develop thinking, imagination and emotional receptivity, help in moral education.
