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<\/a>Sunshine Elementary School students enjoyed green eggs and ham for breakfast to honor Theodor Seuss Geisel, the famous author of some 46 children’s books that are used in schools across the nation today as an aid in helping students learn to read.<\/p>\nSunshine Elementary, as did several other schools in the county, celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday this month with hundreds of decorations hanging on the walls all over the school.<\/p>\n
“The students really loved it. The free breakfast of green eggs and ham really got them started in the day we devoted to Dr. Seuss and his books,” said Rose Erdstein, a parent involvement specialist and teacher at the school, who helped to put the whole program together.<\/p>\n
The program is held annual in March and is referred to as Read Across America with Dr. Seuss.<\/p>\n
His birthday has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association.<\/p>\n
Dr. Seuss died at age 87 in La Jolla, California.<\/p>\n
Dr. Joseph Burke, Lee County’s superintendent of schools, paid a visit to Sunshine Elementary School as did Capt. Ronald Curtis, commander of the Lee County Sheriff’s Bravo District substation in Lehigh. Seven of his deputies showed up all eager to read to the kids, Erdstein said.<\/p>\n
“All the children love Dr. Seuss’ books. It is a fun way for them to learn to read and his books, many written years ago, are as lively today as they were when they first were published. Accompanying illustrations in the book make the children laugh,” she said.<\/p>\n
Erdstein said this year was the biggest Seuss reading event ever at Sunshine Elementary.<\/p>\n
“It gets better and better each year,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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