ELEM: Dr. Seuss/Cat in the Hat Day

[Mary Sciaino <MarySci@AOL.COM>]

I wrote the following when I proposed a Cat in the Hat celebration to the
faculty.  We're having a  Dr. Seuss/Cat in the Hat Day on March 27. (Not a
significant Dr. Seuss date - it's just when we can fit it in.)  Feel free to
use the poem, but give credit to our fabulous listserv.
It's not just a cat
but a cat in a hat.
How can we not
decide to celebrate that?

If we have a party
for a 40 year old cat,
our sweet little children
when he's a hundred or more
may remember the fun some sixty years before.

The Cat and Horton and even the Who
Thing 1 and Thing 2 and yes, Cindy-Lou
Do you think they all know everyone in the books?
I think we'll see some pretty surprised looks.

Let's wear our hats,
good or bad hair day,
Eat green eggs and ham
(well at least they're not gray).

We know that the kids really love all this stuff
And just in case they don't read enough
Perhaps a brush with ol' Dr. Seuss
will bring some around, he, she, or they,
to love to read each and every day.

Mary Sciaino  Seth Boyden Schoool  Maplewood, N.J.