Aay was feeling bored after Chris took Zee with him to church. So after keeping me company for a while she asked me to join her outside. She asked me to give her suggestions of what to do outside. I suggested she work on a hopscotch and I asked her if she had a theme she would like to work with. She has previously done space or rocket ones, and she came up with the idea of making a Oz one. She goes to bed listening to Oz audiobooks and adores her collection of Oz comics by Eric Shanower. This is the start of her hopscotch. She got as far as the Emerald City and hopes to work on it some more tomorrow.
This is our second 4th of July back down stateside since our
time in Canada. Last year we celebrated by walking down to the community center and watching the Penfield 4th of July parade with our friends and kicking back watching the girls scramble for candy. This year we celebrated by walking in the parade. RCS, the girls's school decided to enter this year, and we marched along with a large contingent of students and parents, bookended by two classic cars. Walking the route took about an
hour, in addition to the hour we spent waiting in the high school parking lot for our turn to march. The girls had a blast. They threw candy to the crowd, they waved and smiled and when tired Zee got to ride in the wagon our good friends Jeff and Ginny lent us. Chris got to ride shotgun in one of the classic cars and I kept my eyes on the girls and rationed out the candy so we would have enough left for the last leg of the parade. I also adjusted my walking speed periodically in order to avoid overhearing alarmist political conversations and save myself from the temptation to butt in and disagree.
On Tuesday I finished up my three weeks at School #39. I had a great time with the librarian there, getting a lot of hands on experience. I learned some very basic things, like how to check books in and out, how to change call-numbers in the catalog, how to do inventory, and watch her do a lot of the paperwork related to working in a library, in addition to watching her teach 7 classes a day. I got to see her teach K-6, and see the variety of lessons and subject matter she needs to prepare for on a weekly basis. I finally had the opportunity to really get a feel for the rhythm of a teacher-librarian's day in a way I had never had before (even after spending 10 weeks at East High School). I feel I got a very honest look at what the job can entail. Every school is a little different, some librarians have flexible scheduling, instead of a fixed schedule, others teacher-librarians, co-teach instead of solo teach their lessons, and many have library clerks or volunteers there to do the routine chores, but my host librarian had to do it all by herself, plus attend meetings, and work bus duty, before and after-school.
Friday June 5th: The kids at school #39 thought my hair was "cute"
I scanned this picture when I was in Puerto Rico at Papi's house. And I meant to blog about it sooner, but then I had the virus related laptop wipe that distracted me.
In this photo you can see the Pieve family. Jean Pieve and his wife Nicasia. My grandmother Nana is on my Great-Grandmother Nicasia's lap.
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