Great American Teach-In

Yesterday was the Great American Teach-In at our area schools. It's a day for adults to teach kids about their professions, their hobbies, their heritage... just about anything.

Sweetpea's school had quite a few interesting things. A Native American dressed in full garb and bearing many items that Native Americans use - he even did some dances for the kids. A man who lived in Australia for many years brought along some of his items and things he learned - including a didgeridoo. A woman came to talk about traveling. One man did cool science experiments. One man came in to talk about being a chef... just to name a few.

My friend The EcoChic also spent some time at her son's school talking about recycling.

I spent the day volunteering also. Now, mind you, I certainly wasn't as exciting as some of the guests, but I did what I enjoy - reading. I had Sweetpea help me pick out one of her favorite books (including the stuffed friend that goes with it) and I went in and read to five 1st Grade classes and two 2nd Grade classes. The book was called "Duck Soup" by Jackie Urbanovic. All the kids seemed to really enjoy it - and I knew they were actually listening when they laughed at the appropriate spots, "eww"ed at the appropriate spots and clapped and thanked me when I was done.

Reading is one of my family's favorite hobbies and I was glad to have the opportunity to pass along that hobby to so many kids.