Must remember to rent a ‘laughing child’…
Last week, I was invited to read My Silly Mum to sixty school children aged four to five years old. I’m no stranger to reading to children, having run a weekly storytime session at my current workplace for a couple of years, as well as running playgroups for several years (once upon a time).
Here are my tips for reading to young school children:
1. Rent a laughing child: If your book is funny, you need that one child who kicks off the giggles. It doesn’t matter if it’s as soon as you open the book, or after the first word – trust me, it’s affirming because that kid gets it. I had one of those children at the book launch also, and his “her-her-her-her” certainly revved up the crowd.
2. Dare the kids: Kids love a challenge. Do I have the silliest mum in the world? Or do they?
3. Pause…
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