Today is Read Across America Day

“The National Education Association annually sponsors Read Across America. Now in its twelfth year, the program focuses on motivating children to read, in addition to helping them master basic skills.  The nationwide reading celebration takes place each year on or near March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, community centers, and more participate by bringing together kids and books, and you can too!”

While this notice is a little late, you can still participate and find activities on the NEA website and also on the Reading Rockets website.  If nothing else, you can send your friends, family, and co-workers a Read Across America e-card!

Our school is closed today for a snow day (even if we didn’t get any snow or ice!) so I’m thinking of going to the closet to pull out my old box of children’s books to see if there are still any Dr. Seuss in there.   A couple of my favorites were On Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and “If I Ran the Zoo.”