So I forgot to write one yesterday - I'm still getting used to this - but I decided to take advantage of my lunch break to make up for that. Anyway, yesterday I had some fun. A part of the day was spent putting back books, but I got to help with story time. Now who wouldn't want to do that? It was a 2-3 year old group and they were adorable. I helped them with their craft, which was making a little paper kite. I also saw how the program was run and it made me realize what sort of planning actually goes into this. Susan, the children's librarian who ran it, had a theme so the children could understand what she was talking about easily. The theme was rain so she brought in an umbrella and read a book about rain. She also read one on wind (and brought in pinwheels) and The Hungry Caterpillar.
I learned that story time consists of more than just reading one story. She had to calm some of the kids when they talked too much, and she had a whole format - introduction song, playing instruments and saying their names, read a story, another song, read a story, read another story, and do the craft. There was a lot of work put into it, but it was fun. Unfortunately this was the last story time she had because in summer they do a reading program, but at least I got to see and help with one.
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