Read Across America Day March Second

Reading is an essential building block to every child.

It is the key to a universe of learning.

It is an essential guide to empathy and understanding Other.

It is the breadcrumb path leading into a forest of imagination.

It is a shared experience for bonding, love, and growth.

It’s also just really really fun.

NEA's Read Across America is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading with the theme: Celebrating a Nation of Diverse Readers.

Every month the National Education Association has recommended books for kids of every age.

Here are February’s Books - The Theme is “Explore Families and History”

Here are March’s Books - The Theme is “Play with Stories”

It’s Also Dr. Seuss Week!

Dr. Seuss’s birthday is Wednesday, March 2nd. We use Dr. Seuss books throughout the year in our classrooms, but we have been reading them a lot in the run up to Dr. Seuss week! We would love for you to ask your kids which Dr. Seuss books they like, which they’ve read, and then share your favorites!

One of the ways to celebrate is doing family readings in whacky places. Build a fort to read a book in! Turn off all the lights and read by flashlight! Read behind the shower curtain in a bathtub filled with pillows! Remind your kid (and yourself!) that reading is an ADVENTURE that you can go on without a single step. If you loved doing it, snap a picture and share it with us! We would love to create an album of our families celebrating reading and being together.

We will also be doing clothing themes every day next week! See below for details!

Make sure that they have back-up clothes that are weather appropriate if they’re wearing costumes or other odd pieces of clothing.

Let us know if you have any questions, and share your favorite kids books in the comments!

Your CG Family