Although it was not Dr. Seuss’s birthday until March 2, the teachers and staff at the Indianola Neighborhood Facility Building Early Head Start celebrated it on Friday.
No one dyed their hair green or was duct-taped to a wall (some have been known to do it in other places to boost their students' reading); however, they did don the traditional red and white hat, the widely-recognized symbol of the Cat in the Hat, as they listened to stories from books by Dr. Seuss.
Guest readers from the community were brought in to share their favorite books with the children and center director LaShanda Brady said the day’s activities were in recognition of the Read Across America program, which was started in 1997 by the National Education Association to motivate children to read and promote its importance in student achievement.
The NEA’s goal is to create lifelong successful readers.
Recardo Thomas
