Hooray for Dr Seuss

Today is Dr Seuss day at DB's school. It's only scheduled for the morning but since we took a cab here at a cost of $35 I'm here for the day (yes! posting at school, a first!) so I've run into him a couple of other times. So far he's handling it much better than last year, I couldn't have even considered being around this long last year.

I read to his class first, then to a 2nd grade class and two 5th grade classes. They were all so into it. I read My Many Colored Days, which appeals to all grades, and also Ten Apples Up on Top. This year I knew I could bring my own Seuss books from home, so I picked ones I thought would have upper-grade appeal.

And guess what, I was right! Everyone loved the Ten Apples story; there's one-up-man-ship, cameraderie, and an enemy to escape from. I even got to teach the 5th graders the word "segue," since the previous reader also read a story with non-Dr-Seuss illustrations and she'd commented on that --which made a perfect segue to My Many Colored Days.

I'm happy they enjoyed what I selected.

I'm not sure where I'm going with this post but I'm not scared of being around kids in schools like I used to ... and my friend is suggesting a master's in teaching as a possibility for me... so I guess it's something I c-o-u-l-d consider...