Pat will be spending today visiting elementary schools as part of a district-wide Children’s Day, Book Day celebration in the Santa Fe Public Schools.

Each school will celebrate with their own choice of fun and engaging activities, including:

• A school-wide outdoor reading celebration where families are encouraged to attend
• Students dressing up as their favorite book characters
• One school principal will read his favorite book to the school during morning announcements
• Book buddies will be sharing their favorite books with each other
• A story museum, where each class will have a table featuring their favorite book
• A play performed by teachers for students
• Book giveaways
• A school-wide hour where students will drop everything and read

Here’s hoping this idea will spread to other school districts across the country!