Today was one of those days when the weather just didn't seem to want to cooperate for us. It was wet and rainy outside, so we had to stay inside for recess. I have to admit...I hate indoor recess! We move kids to several locations throughout the building so they can be monitored by staff and lunch moms. Compared to being outside in the fresh air this has to feel like serving a detention for the kids. Plus it is so LOUD in these rooms!
I was doing my usual lunchtime strolls throughout the building when I came upon a sight that stopped me dead in my tracks. Inside the library were 30 second graders, neatly divided into boys and girls groups sitting on the floor raptly paying attention to a story. So what's so special about that you must be wondering? What was so special was that it wasn't an adult reading the story. It was two eighth grade lunch helpers reading to the younger kids! These two helpers had taken it upon themselves to find a story to read to their little charges to entertain them. I even overheard them using different voices for the different characters in the story. Wow! The older kids reading to the younger ones -that's just about the best advertisement for reading and being a role model that I can think of. It doesn't get much better than that!
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