Business reads Dr Seuss

In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday, area businesses, legislators, police, and others are picking up the iconic red and white striped hat to read to children in Head Start classrooms across the valley. We tip our hat to the following: Bethlehem Police, Capital BlueCross, Discover Lehigh Valley, Lehigh University student athletes, PNC Bank, Team Capital Bank, US Senator Bob Casey’s office, and Working Dog Press.  Working Dog Press created new coloring books for the Head Start children. Readers will join the children in their classrooms on Friday, March 1 and Monday, March 4.

Dr. Seuss, pen name for Theodore Geisel, created the Cat in the Hat and other memorable characters to encourage early reading.  His birthday is March 2, celebrated annually nationwide to share the joy of reading.

Head Start of the Lehigh Valley, administered through Community Services for Children (CSC), prepares children from low income families for kindergarten through an emphasis on language and literacy development, health and nutrition, social/emotional growth, science, math and art. CSC is a regional leader in early childhood education and family development, affecting the lives of 40,000 children annually. CSC believes all children deserve a chance to succeed in school, which begins in early childhood within a nurturing family.