"Can anyone see what this man wears on top of his head?" Willow asked the kindergarten children after a successful picture book theatre presentation. Her teacher had sent her and the rest of the librarians-to-be on a self chosen fieldtrip to promote a piece of contemporary literature.
"A cactus!!!" The boy with the superman shirt exclaimed. "It's a cactus," another boy repeated thrilled. "Willow, what is a cactus?" A girl with long blond hair wanted to know. Naturally Willow could not compete with the velocity of two enthusiastic five year old boys who were more than willing to explain.
"It's a plant with long prickles. One time I hurt myself touching it! Ouuuuu!" The girl didn't seem to listen to him. "Wiilloooooow," she screamed. "What is a cactus?"
Of course the little girl already knew what a cactus was; she just wanted Willow's attention. Like most of the kindergarten children did. Before she got to answer, a whirlwind had taken the curious girl away, and she could be seen jumping in the corner with some of her friends. The thought of cacti had apparently disappeared.
A trip to the kindergarten means lots of noise, lots of questions (and incredible stories) at high speed and a great deal of fun!
2 comments:
Brings back lovely memories; I used to read a story about hats to the little ones in English (Old Hat, New Hat). I didn't need to translate, the pictures and lots of mime worked well.
Sounds wonderful! Working with children is very rewarding :-)
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