Story Time

I've been taking Anna to story time since she's been eligible for our town library's program (six months old). She has always enjoyed the stories, songs, rhymes, games and other children. It used to only be twenty minutes so it was over before it began. But now that she's a little older, it's thirty minutes. Anna is not as easy to keep in her place in general so we've used the extra ten minutes to teach Anna a little discipline.

The first ten minutes is spent saying 'hello' and reading a couple of books. Whenever Anna gets impatient and tries to escape my lap, I whisper to her that it's time to sit and that all of the other kids are sitting. This usually works. And luckily this usually happens only moments before the teacher has everyone stand up for a game. During the first couple of sessions, Anna listened and watched the other kids follow the directions of the game. But now that she's been a few times and has learned what to do, she turns around, touches the ground, etc. along with the other kids. I never grow tired of watching her follow directions!

Story time always ends with 'ring around the rosy'. At first Anna would walk in the circle with everyone but stood and watched the other kids as they 'all fell down'. Now she falls down with such glee even though it's with a bit more effort than the other kids. And instead of jumping up when told to, she simply gets up, but it's a start.

Next Tuesday is the last story time for awhile, but we're trying to get a Mom's Group together so we can get together more often with other kids Anna's age (more or less) in a less structured setting such as the park and the zoo. If you live in the area and are interested in joining the group, send me an email with your name, email address and phone number (optional) and I'll add you to the list.