Today was supposed to be a Thursday night where I wasn’t intending to go storytelling stuff to settle some storage issues in my room. However, the library called me to request to have some pictures taken during the storytelling sessions.
It’s been a long time since I was in a storytelling room filled kids and wasn’t the storyteller, and how could I resist the chance to take pictures of the adorable kids!
One of the most rewarding things beside their laughter and smiles is watching them grow up. I’ve been going to the library every week for almost 2 years already and I’ve seen them grow so much over these 2 years.
Of course there are the new comers who don’t know the rules of storytelling sessions; One of them is to not stand up and block everyone behind.
Anyway as I was saying, watching them grow up is really touching. I was looking at the pictures I took a year back and the few who still come back for the weekly sessions of storytelling have grown really really a lot.
You must understand that these kids are 4-6 years old and 1 year is like almost 20% of their whole existence!
Take Gretel here for example; She started coming in March this year and she was a really really shy one. Now she dares to attend the sessions without the accompaniment of her mum!
This brother and sister pair is actually belongs to a sibling of three. The eldest brother in blue is reading something behind his sister. I remember when they first came, the boy just couldn’t sit still and wanted to stick his face into the book every time I turned to a new page. Not to mention that he grabbed my leg once and begged me to read one more story when the session was over. But all’s good now, he’s all nice and friendly (:
This is Charlotte, another shy one originally, has got a very friendly dad. Charlotte tells me her mum likes to buy shoes for the whole family and they have lots of shoes at home.
I don’t know the name for this one but she comes pretty often. Her grandma/mum speaks to me more actually. Her sister is the adorable little one that doesn’t sit down during storytelling sessions.
This one loves to answer “yes” to all my questions.
Questions include “Are there dinosaurs in the zoo”, “Can penguins fly?”, “Do you think I’m 100 years old?” etc etc.
Last but not least, this is sweet little Alexis. She’s the longest regular I know and she’s one little angel. Very attentive, no trouble, and best of all, one of the few who don’t call me uncle. Her grandma is one nice lady too!
So anyway storytelling is pretty awesome. Went for this library event for some awards giving ceremony for volunteers last week and met other volunteers. The demography of the volunteers was really interesting; Many many senior citizens, a only a few young ones. the young ones were still in their Secondary school. However, I met this very pretty volunteer which I regret not taking a picture of and with. Oh well, there’s always next year’s award ceremony right? ^^
As some of you might know, I love cats, figures, photography, sleep, alcohol, band hero and tea. But I think only a handful know that I really love children.
I mentioned it before almost more than a year ago, on a totally random post about my involvement with the library.
It has almost been two full years since I’ve started helping out the library with their kiddy programs and it’s been one of the most fun and fulfilling things I’ve started on.
For the uninitiated, I do regular storytelling on a weekly basis, every Thursdays at the local library (though I’d have to take a break soon and re-continue in the month of August)
But during the school holidays, the library organises craft programs for the kids and I’ll go down to help with the craft and most importantly, crowd control!
Trust me, kids don’t look this focus and obedient half the time.
They will try to do all sorts of dangerous things like putting scissors into their mouths, glue their hair to their hands and smell that aromatic smell resonating from marker pens.
Despite all the crazy thing they do, kids are really awesome and their smiles are priceless.
The best part is that conversing with a kid is extremely fun. They have a totally different outlook in life which adults lose as they grow up.
They also have the greatest ideas and aren’t afraid to look ‘stupid’. Something which we could re-learn.
It’s good to be young and make all the mistakes you can make.
And kids have this unlimited source of energy that never seems to run out. Which I could have that too!
So anyway, they were making this snake craft the day before. 1.5 hours of madness indeed. It too me 6 hours to paint and prepare the materials though.
Had the coolest looking hand ever from all the preparation.
But it’s all worth it at the end of the day! ^^