So I started this mini storytime series (which I will review in full after our final meeting next week) focused on families who can't make it to our standard morning storytimes (another thing I'll have to explain later).
However, today we had an impending winter storm. It went from 48oF to snowing in about two hours. It's crazy! Even for Virginia Beach.
I didn't expect a huge turn out since impending weather causes the city (except for the libraries) to shut down. But I thought I'd get some walk-ins or a few confident winter weather people from up north... I had one child. Which honestly doesn't upset me. Just surprises the pants off me!
We still had a good time. We cut down the program so they could get home sooner. The mother and I talked about homeschooling, and her daughter and I sang the snowman song,
read Silly Sally, and played with bubbles for a bit. It was lots of fun!
The funny thing is, I wouldn't call the little girl shy but she doesn't speak up when there are other children at storytime. It's like she sits back and just let's them take over. She figured out the letter of the day on her own, sang Itsy Bitsy Spider for me, and clapped out the syllables during our shaky egg song!
I wonder how much she does when the other kids are around and I just don't notice because there are so many of them. I'm going to make it a point to really look at what my kids are doing and comment on their accomplishments. I need to be better at that.
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| The opening slide to my evening storytime series. |
However, today we had an impending winter storm. It went from 48oF to snowing in about two hours. It's crazy! Even for Virginia Beach.
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| The view from my porch... and it's still coming down. |
I didn't expect a huge turn out since impending weather causes the city (except for the libraries) to shut down. But I thought I'd get some walk-ins or a few confident winter weather people from up north... I had one child. Which honestly doesn't upset me. Just surprises the pants off me!
We still had a good time. We cut down the program so they could get home sooner. The mother and I talked about homeschooling, and her daughter and I sang the snowman song,
read Silly Sally, and played with bubbles for a bit. It was lots of fun!
The funny thing is, I wouldn't call the little girl shy but she doesn't speak up when there are other children at storytime. It's like she sits back and just let's them take over. She figured out the letter of the day on her own, sang Itsy Bitsy Spider for me, and clapped out the syllables during our shaky egg song!
I wonder how much she does when the other kids are around and I just don't notice because there are so many of them. I'm going to make it a point to really look at what my kids are doing and comment on their accomplishments. I need to be better at that.
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