The return of Suzanne

Tuesday marked the first time I had seen Suzanne in two weeks - but that didn't happen until the afternoon so let me discuss my morning first.

I got everything together for Little Tykes and headed over. Today's challenge: the CD player wouldn't work once I got there. So, no music. I made the kids sing the first part of "Open Shut Them" acapella and then moved on with storytime. We read a couple stories and the kids mostly paid attention, although a few were distracted by the pasta necklaces they had just made. After two books, I went ahead with my art project. Though I had emailed one of the counselors on Friday to see if I could get a count, I never got a response. So I had supplies for twenty today - and there were twenty kids. Lucky! Our art project for the day was making crayon rubbings. The kids absolutely loved this! I had them use the bottoms of their shoes for an interesting change to traditional rubbings and they were fascinated at how a picture appeared from nothing. I really didn't expect it to go over as amazingly as it did, so I will definitely keep this in mind for future programs. We read another story and then it was time to leave. A bit of confusion at the end, as I had nothing on the schedule for them for the next week but the counselors seemed to think they'd still be there. So I headed back to the library a bit confused.

Worked on Youth Bio for a while, peeked in on Suzanne's teen henna program (HUGE success) and then met with Suzanne for a while. She just wanted to touch base and see how things were going since I'm halfway through my internship. She got the Little Tykes confusion sorted out and I told her about some of the other issues I've had with them. I mentioned that Youth Bio would be finished soon and she told me I could work on shelf labels once that's done. That should be relatively easy. We discussed the rest of the summer's schedule and then chatted about the other things going on in my life. I finished up the day with some more work on Youth Bio and that was that. I'm so glad I chose Mooresville for my internship; I like all the people I'm working with (throughout the day, there was much discussion of which books to recommend to each other) and I'm getting great experience in many different areas. I can't believe it's already half over!