Read Across America Month
SHARED by: Katherine Grier, Librarian at York Avenue Preschool
March 2 is “Read Across America Day.” This reading celebration takes place annually on Dr. Seuss’s birthday. All across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and community centers participate by bringing together kids and books. To help our families celebrate, she has shared this special calendar of daily reading activities to do together. Ms. Katherine says, “The activities do not involve specific book titles, so they can be done by and with kids of all ages and levels. The focus is on feeling good about the time you spend reading and having fun doing it. For example, you must read with a hat on, and read at breakfast. There are also “free choice” days which allow individual readers and families to select books that are particularly meaningful to them.” She adds, “My goal was to include activities that would both please avid book lovers and spark interest among reluctant readers or fidgety story listeners. I hope that by the end of the month, families who have had fun using the calendar might even create their own additional calendars to use regularly.
March 1: Read in your favorite chair
March 2: Read a Dr. Seuss Book or another book with rhyming text
March 3: Free choice
March 4: Read an I Spy Book
March 5: Read while having breakfast
March 6: Read in your pajamas
March 7: Read with a hat on
March 8: Read a book with an animal as the main character
March 9: Free choice
March 10: Visit the public library
March 11: Read a book about something with wheels
March 12: Read an Eric Carle Book
March 13: Free Choice
March 14: Read with a friend
March 15: Read a fiction book
March 16: Read a book with the letter “M” or “S” in the title
March 17: Read a book with a green clover
March 18: Read a Mo Willems book
March 19: Read about a President or another famous person
March 20: Read a book about gardens, plants or flowers
March 21: Read a non-fiction book
March 22: Read a poem
March 23: Read an award-winning book
March 24: Free choice
March 25: Read before dinner
March 26: Read standing up
March 27: Read a book to your pet or stuffed animal
March 28: “Read” a book about outer space
March 29: Your choice
March 30: Read a fairy tale
March 31: Take a Selfie While Reading