{"id":659356,"date":"2010-02-21T15:31:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T20:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/?p=5757"},"modified":"2010-02-21T15:31:56","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T20:31:56","slug":"tell-us-your-read-across-america-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/659356","title":{"rendered":"Tell us your Read Across America plans!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Seuss<\/p>\n

Dr. Seuss was right that people can guide themselves on any path in life. And, those who are good navigators are almost always good readers.<\/p>\n

Why not take a few minutes\u00a0March 2 (Dr. Seuss\u2019 birthday) to celebrate reading in your classroom, your school or your community and encourage kids to become avid readers, strong thinkers and good \u201csteerers\u201d in life.<\/p>\n

There is a huge amount of helpful hints, suggestions, reading lists, etc. on the National Education Association\u2019s website to help you get started.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d love to hear what you\u2019re doing. Please feel free to drop us an e-mail<\/a> and let us know. Look what Washington Elementary in Dixon did last year<\/a>. Can we come visit you this year?<\/p>\n

Do you need some help getting started? How about a list of the top 100 kids\u2019 books<\/a> or the top 100 teachers\u2019 picks for kids books<\/a>? Looking for tips on the best Spanish-English bilingual book list<\/a>? There\u2019s information on that, too.<\/p>\n

Or, if you\u2019re looking for help with the logistics on creating an event<\/a> or simply some activity ideas<\/a>, those items are plentiful, too. The NEA website is full of resources and materials for Read Across America.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss was right that people can guide themselves on any path […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2643,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2LwM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}