This week I am in the midst of sharing the public library's summer reading program with local schools. I eagerly volunteered to go out into the community again. Last year was my first year to participate in this and what motivates me? It is pure fun! It takes me out of the library setting and lets me meet all of those children that I wish I saw on a regular basis who are either too far, too busy or too uninterested to come to our library. Sure, I recognized some of the students as regular patrons but most of them have not been to our library. Yesterday's visit was to the Middletown United Methodist Children's Center. Fortunately my teenage daughter was available to help me - we had fun with 125 preschoolers! We sang songs (thank you, Natalie, for your guitar-playing), learned sign language, read books, and, of course, talked about "Dig into Reading."
The best part of the day?
As we were loading the car with our props,
Natalie overheard a little girl that had been at one our programs.
She asked her mother who was picking her up from school,
"Can we go to the library today or tomorrow?" Fabulous!
