(Toronto)
phone: 416-763-1671
Sheila Hyland, a poet, writer and workshop leader, has co-ordinated programs combining art and poetry, and poetry and music. She has produced and edited several poetry collections including a memento collection of poems from the League of Canadian Poets 1998 (W)rites of Spring. She writes on Gender Socialization in The Living Archives Series of the League of Canadian Poets, 1998 edition.
Grade Levels: all
Fees: standard, half days only
Classroom Approach:
Hyland enjoys working with children, focusing on the joys of creating, using varios methods. Approaching younger groups, she likes to use rhyme and fairytale, transforming the words into images and action. Children interact, identify their favourite words, and together, in a sense of fun and discovery, a poem is formed, much like a jigsaw puzzle is constructed. With older groups, she will read from her own and/or other works, often utilizing a theme, either topical or by design.
