March is National Reading Month, and today is National Read Across America Day. What better way to celebrate this on this blog than to see how people celebrated this month in the past!
This photo of Jean Reckling, son Anthony Hyek, and a robot was on the front page of the April 5, 2000 edition of The Romeo Observer. Yes, you heard right! A robot was in that photo too. According to the issue, second graders at the Washington Elementary School and their families "built robots as a home project as part of the school's 'March is Reading Month' activities."
Students then brought these robots to the school for a special day where they got to read with their favorite adults.
Teachers should consider bringing this back because this sounds neat!
Source: The Romeo Observer, April 5, 2000, p.1