If You Build It, They Will Come

Boy... when I started this program, I had no idea how popular it would become (time for me to pat myself on the back!). When I started the toddler program in October, I was lucky if 25 children showed up. Now, I've got two programs and they're both overbooked. On Thursdays, I do an hour and a half of programs--- that's three programs--- two for the toddlers (walkers up to 2/12) and one for the babies (children not walking yet). Today, about 100 toddlers under 2 1/2 passed through our doors! I've got to tell you--- by the time it was over, I was really punchy (which can be good for that age). I am so glad this is a success, so far!!!

Leave the bling at home

Here's a suggestion you won't find in the how-to books for mother goose programs. I learned the hard way this past Thursday to take my necklace off for the baby programs. While most of my little angels sang and clapped along, there was one who just couldn't get over the sparkles in my necklace, and spend about 20 minutes trying to rip it off. She was a little woman on a mission--- like the terminator, noone could stop her. Finally, the crisis was averted when a very chagrined mom removed her from the program. So the well learned lesson from last week was to remove all jewelry before my transformation into M.G.

How I got started

As a librarian-in-training, I was given the task nobody at the library wanted--- I was charged with becoming mother goose. The thought of singing and making up rhymes for screaming toddlers didn't thrill me at first, but from the first class on, I was hooked. This blog was created to share some of the ideas I came up with for the program. More to follow!