Teaching is a joy, a dance, an improv. I am thankful to be able to volunteer regularly leading a Parent/Toddler story time. We do art. We sing. We move. We hike in nature. My wish is that families leave our hour together with some lingering wonders, ideas and inspiration to guide them throughout the week. Today’s story was Eaglets World by Evelyn White Minshull. While it is a rather verbose story for young toddlers listening to a read aloud, it is nonetheless beautiful and would be fabulous for a lap reading. It also worked today with our class. Reading it gave us a storyline for later when we gathered sticks and leaves to make a nest on our hike: the kids crouched into the nest making their bodies into eaglets in eggs and then hatching.
A sweet moment of the morn was lying on the ground looking up at a tree with two nests in it! Birds were flying overhead. You could see leaves, bark, nests and the sky.
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