Spring in the Air, Seuss in the Classrooms

We are very happy that children are back to school with in-classroom learning! We are currently working on getting additional classrooms opened.

We are all tired of COVID and want to move forward but will continue to do so safely. LCCAA will continue to follow CDC guidelines and hope that things will change soon.

The good news is that the month of March means spring is in the air! I am looking forward to the birds singing, new baby animals being born, planting flowers, Easter, and not wearing a winter coat!

I am also excited about Dr. Seuss month! We celebrate the beloved children’s author, illustrator, poet, animator and filmmaker.

He was born on March 2, 1904 and wrote more than 60 books. I believe his writings bring out the child in all of us to explore life and have fun doing it!

The Head Start staff has some great things planned for this month, and I know you will want to do the same at home. I have some favorites like: Green Eggs and Ham, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Oh, the Places You Will Go and Oh, the Thinks You Can Think.

What is your favorite Dr. Seuss book? Take this opportunity to celebrate Dr. Seuss for literacy learning at home. “A book a day helps literacy to stay.” Yes, I just made that up!

Spring is also the time of year that we will be recruiting children and families for next year. We will sign your child up for another year if they are not transitioning to kindergarten. This helps us to get an early count.

We ask that you help us by recommending the Head Start program to someone you know. They can go to our website at www.lccaa.net to sign up, or they can call the centers for information.

As always, thank you for choosing Head Start, and sticking with us through the pandemic.

Students at Hopkins-Locke tried green eggs and ham in 2020, just before COVID closed LCCAA classrooms. The tasting is a regular part of spring celebrations of school spirit and Seuss’ work

Shauna Matelski, Ed.D. Head Start Director