It's Pandemonium at PCPL!

Today's storytime theme was pandemonium . . . and did I let it get out of control!

Some of the kiddos came into storytime a little early, which was a nice surprise. Since there's usually 2 groups to come in, I decided to wait for the second group. While we waited we played a game of Duck, Duck, Goose, and I played right along with them. When the second group showed up, it was time to sit in front of the storytime chair. Some of the kids were still goofing off, so I asked them to sit on their "rump roasts". Most listened. I then asked who spoke Spanish. One girl said she did. I asked her in Spanish, "How do you say butt?" There are a few words that I know, and one bad one. She confirmed the palabra con un "n" is the bad word.

As in form with pandemonium, I started with a craft first. We made noise makers. The kids decorated a paper plate with markers and feathers, then they folded it in half and I filled the plate with frijoles, Spanish for beans. Once the kids were finished it was time for a snack and stories. We distributed the snacks as one brave girl read about a crazy library without any books! The room we were in did not have any books since it is the room we are going to renovate. The kids asked if the library looked like PCPL. Hilarious! We started talking about keisters before storytime, it was only appropriate to read a story about tushies at the zoo. They kiddos were so riled up from art and snack first that they wanted to play another game of Duck, Duck, Goose instead of reading a second story. Of course, I participated again.

By the end of storytime, my throat was a little sore and so were my palms. When the kids left the empty-ish room, I asked for high fives. Not one left me hanging.