Surprisingly fun
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alicebentleyAmong my many other tasks, I do Storytelling/Library at the private school my son goes to. We get a partial tuition waiver, and I get to talk to the teachers as more than just another mom.
Usually I choose something fairly obscure to read to them - something they are less likely to have encountered at home or through TV. Popular past choices are Kipling's Elephant Child, Pezzo the Peddler, The Big Ball of String and anything by Arnold Lobel.
Today I leaned the other way, and chose Green Eggs and Ham as well as The Cat in the Hat.
The range of options for dramatic reading in both of these made what was already a great story into something extra entertaining for both me and the kids.
"Thank you THANK YOU Sam I Am"!
This storytelling gig has really warped my view of some books. Many favorites are unsuitable for reading aloud, especially since we only have about 15 minutes and the kids REALLY want to see pictures with the text.
For one of the older classes, I'm reading The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Doom. We usually get through about four chapters a session.
Usually I choose something fairly obscure to read to them - something they are less likely to have encountered at home or through TV. Popular past choices are Kipling's Elephant Child, Pezzo the Peddler, The Big Ball of String and anything by Arnold Lobel.
Today I leaned the other way, and chose Green Eggs and Ham as well as The Cat in the Hat.
The range of options for dramatic reading in both of these made what was already a great story into something extra entertaining for both me and the kids.
"Thank you THANK YOU Sam I Am"!
This storytelling gig has really warped my view of some books. Many favorites are unsuitable for reading aloud, especially since we only have about 15 minutes and the kids REALLY want to see pictures with the text.
For one of the older classes, I'm reading The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Doom. We usually get through about four chapters a session.
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Date: 2004-01-16 07:29 am (UTC)What are you doing now you're not doing Stars? (I have a flyer from Dreamhaven re. that.)
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Date: 2004-01-20 01:24 pm (UTC)Goal for next task: find a regular "work, get paid" job.
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Date: 2004-01-16 09:26 am (UTC)B
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Date: 2004-01-20 01:31 pm (UTC)One is that the library doesn't have more than one book of his - Lizard Music - which I donated to them. I don't have any others that I have duplicates of, although I suppose I could buy them some.
The other drawback is that his books tend to be either too long (The Snarkout Boys will probably take most of the year to get through) or much too short. The little kid picture books have great pictures, but too few words to fill the ideal 15 to 20 minute reading time. Even The Blue Moose, which came closest, was too short.
hey, it's fun anyway...