Grow up right. Read each night.
Grow up right. Read each night.
First lady Michelle Obama celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday Tuesday by reading "The Cat in the Hat" to a group of children wearing red-and-white-striped stovepipe hats like the book's main character. The event marked the day that Dr. Seuss, or Theodor Seuss Geisel, would have turned 106.
"Do you know the president of the United States reads all the time," Mrs. Obama told a group of more than 200 students from elementary schools in Washington and Arlington, Va. "Our girls at home read every single night."
The first lady said that her daughters, Sasha and Malia, are allowed to stay up 30 minutes later if they are reading.
Some of the first family's favorite children's books are "Horton Hatches the Egg," by Dr. Seuss and "Where the Wild Things Are," by Maurice Sendak, Mrs. Obama said in response to one of the children's questions.
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel led the children in a rhyming pledge to read every day. It began: "I promise to read each day and each night. I know it's the key to growing up right."
On Monday President Barack Obama proclaimed March 2 Read Across America Day.
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- Posted on March 3, 2010
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I think that is good that Mrs.Obama is encouraging children to read. So they could get better in reading. She is helping students to read. When she said that the president reads at home is like encouraging children to read. It's a good thin she did that.
I THINK THAT READING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SOME PEOPLE. AND READING TO ME IS KIND OF IMPORTANT TOO. BUT STILL IS YOU DO NOT READ YOU CAN GROW UP RIGHT TOO.
It is good to read each night and it can benefit us a lot. We can expand vocabulary from the reading, grow up right, learn the language effectively; we also can improve our creativity. The subject we read are not limited, from different books, we can learned many things that relate to different areas. And it also can improve our memory, when someone read a book at night; we can remember the story and have interest about it, in that way, our brain would not stuck easily if we have to remember things. The way we learn a language is from the development of reading, speaking, and writing. We can improve ourselves throughout the process of reading; we are constantly absorbed the words, the story's structure and the way to use correct words in writing. We also can read book when we are boring, it is a really good way to dispel our boredom.
Thats a great way to help kids learn, reading dr. suess because there are always different rhyming schemes and different stories, when i was younger i use to love dr. suess books.
I think that is right to read each night. And it is nice that reading every night is good to learn more and more. Celebrating Dr.Seuss 106 is very great because alot of kids love to read Dr.Seuss.
I think every kid should read. It is good for their brain and they can learn a lot of stuff . Besides if you read every night it might get you a little tired and you can go to sleep early. I don't read every night but I read when I am bored.
I like his message an I agree with it! Even though all books are intresting or your type it's good for you top be reading! I think all stuff Michelle Obama is doing is really good i like her! I like reading and shes inspiring other children to read to! Listen to Michelle Obama and read it's not bad but it helps you and may get you a better education!
I think students should read each night. Reading can help you learn new words and it can help you read better and better. Education is good because when your an adult you have bills to pay and when you pay bills you have to do some math. Even when you buy things you sometimes have to figure out how much all of your stuff is gonna cost in case you don't have all the money. I chose this topic because I sometimes like to read and i love to do math.
This is a good message that every kid should at least try to follow. I think that Michelle Obama is right because reading every night does help you and make you grow up right. The only thing is that some books have bad grammar or something and that can ruin your grammar if you read it all the time. Anyways, children should read every day and night because nothing bad can come from some extra education. NEA President Dennis Van Roekel's pledge, "I promise to read each day and each night. I know it's the key to growing up right" is something that parents should tell their kids because it is right.
Michelle Obama is right because she says that books are very important for everyone because it helps you on everything that has to do with speaking, reading and talking because you get better on understanding things better.