Reading to the First Grade
By Donna Flood · 5 March 2008 · Stories
Reading to the First Grade Every once in a
while we are gifted with anunexpected pleasant circumstance to create
sweet memories. This is exactly what happened to me today. My
granddaughter's
first grade teacher asked me to read some of my children's stories to
her class; We are talking about children who are already seasoned
prairie people. Their bright eyes and thoughtful observant ways
told me how well they had already learned what was expected of
them. We read stories about coyotes, grasshoppers and wild
flowers growing in the meadow; There was no question I could ask
that was too difficutl; "What is the difference between a meadow
and a pasture?; I asked.
Immediately all hands went up and one child told me, "You don't
let the cows and horses on the meadow!" Concerning the coyotes one boy
told me, "They are afraid of you and will run away if you happen upon
one." Another boy said, "Yes but, they do kill calves!
A little girl with long blond curls said, "I hear them out in
the pasture at night. It sounds like there are a lot of them."; After
we had read about the grasshopper and his,
"chaw," there wasn't a comment until one boy said, "I fish with
those thingsl I would say the few minutes with
the children taught me. I felt as if this was a transporting back
through time when we were children out on the prairie. Let me tell you,
it was great fun, today and yesterday; but the best part had to
be the sweet hugs and honest thank you's the children gave me as I was
leaving. Only for a while were these children made aware that
they possess>
knowledge others did not have.; It gave them a new self-confidence, I
believe.