The kids at this location are probably the most affectionate preschoolers out of the bunch. This is the school that provided me my first bite from a student and I'm pretty sure I've very unwillingly managed to find myself at second base on more than one occasion with some of these eager young tykes.
Often I split my time between three groups ranging from 2 - 5 years of age. Since this particular school had shown an interest in penguins (perhaps thanks to the foggy nature of the Richmond?!) I picked a story to work on today involving a misunderstood penguin. The black sleep of penguins, if you will. Sadly, the kids were not impressed with this selection and began feeling a little restless. When this happens, I will usually ask them to please turn up their listening ears and make sure their looking eyes are on. I have sound effects for both.
Today, one of the little girls looked at me and said, "I'm sorry. I left my ears at my mom's house today." To which I replied, "It's okay, do you want to borrow mine?" She nodded her small head and I placed "my listening ears" into her palm. She "put them on" and I asked if she could hear me better and if she was ready to start listening to our story. She answered, "No, I can't hear you. There's dinosaur robot music playing in there."
Oh, how forgetful of me! I didn't turn off my dinosaur robot music! Unfortunately for me, the tune didn't help her to enjoy the story. When we then began to dramatize the tale, she told me that she would not be participating because she "didn't like the book enough." Ah, well. Perhaps next time she can borrow my teeth... so she can lie through them.
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