[Mdpobc] Fwd: [Nfbnet-master-list] Fwd: Celebrate Read Across America Day with the NFB

[Trudy Pickrel]

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Trudy L Pickrel
President MD Parents Blind Children
Owner TLC by the Lake poodles

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> From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> Date: February 27, 2012 3:02:03 PM EST
> To: nfbnet-master-list at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbnet-master-list] Fwd: Celebrate Read Across America Day with the NFB
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>> Read Across <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />America<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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>> March 2, 2012
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>> Did you know that March 2nd is Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss' birthday? In 1998 the National Education Association began celebrating Read Across America Day as one more way to motivate youth to read! This year the National Federation of the Blind is excited to announce that we are joining in this celebration of the importance of literacy for all children. Read Across America asks everyone across the country to celebrate reading and Dr Seuss on March 2nd because it’s his birthday! At the NFB we are asking you to celebrate by joining us on March 2nd to extol the significance of literacy­especially Braille literacy­by doing the following three things:
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>> 1. READ Dr Seuss! This is what this day is all about. You can find online versions of Dr. Seuss books to download in Braille at Bookshare or on Web-Braille and you can find actual Braille books at Seedlings or National Braille Press. If you read one of Whosit’s favorite Dr. Seuss books, Bartholomew and the Ooblek, there is a lesson in the NFB BELL Program Curriculum to make your own Ooblek!
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>> 2. Tell us about what you are reading! Whether you are reading Dr. Seuss or not, we still want to hear about it. Post about it on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtags #Braille and #neara12 (that stands for National Education Association Read across America 2012). You can talk about what you are reading, suggest books, ask for suggestions, post about why you love Braille and why it is important, or about anything else. We want to hear from you.
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>> 3. Send us a video of your child reading Braille or show how you celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Whosit will choose his favorites and those will be posted on his Facebook page, the NFB’s YouTube page, and tweeted by the NFB_Voice. Use the form found at www.nfb.org/read-across-america.    
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>> “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” 
>> ¯ Dr. Seuss
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>> The NFB and Whosit are looking forward to celebrating Read Across America and Braille with you this year!
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>> Meleah H. Jensen, MS
>> Education Program Assistant
>> Jernigan Institute
>> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>> 200 East Wells Street 
>> at Jernigan Place
>> Baltimore, MD 21230
>> Phone: 410-659-9314 ext. 2418
>> Fax: 410-659-5129
>> Email: mjensen at nfb.org
>> Web Site: www.nfb.org/education
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