Our nation’s teachers and the educational professionals who work with them play a vital role in our society. Recently the state of South Carolina selected Kelly Nalley to represent the state and it’s teachers as the 2010 Teacher of the Year. She took time out to share with us her thoughts on the value of smiles in the classroom.

Teachers and education service professionals gathered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to talk about the heavy-duty issues of education. While they were there, one of them, music teacher Charlene Broadway, got one of our Cat in the Hat® puppets and made us all smile.

The Cat in the Hat® puppet is available online from Smilemakers.com. Here’s a complete listing of Dr. Seuss® products available from Smilemakers.