Shake it up baby now!

[orangerful]

In case you didn't know/forgot, I am a librarian by day. This month, I'm in charge of our preschool storytimes. Today, I decided to end storytime with some parachute play while listening to The Beatles sing 'Twist and Shout'. At the end, I had the parents lift up the 'chute so the kids could go under and that also meant I could grab the 'chute and wrap it back up!

But something wonderful and unexpected happened today! While I was gathering my 'chute up in my arms, my iPod just kept playing and suddenly I heard Paul counting down and 'I Saw Her Standing There' playing.

EVERY KID STARTED DANCING!



It was fantastic. The magic of music, the power of The Beatles - I didn't have the heart to stop the song so I just started dancing with all of them too.

It was so much fun. But now I am EXHAUSTED!

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Aw, what a good way to spend an afternoon!

[littlestclouds]

Aw, that's awesome!

[northern]

Awww, that sounds like a fantastic story time end! Congrats!

[rhoda_rants]

Aww, that is most excellent! I don't think we've ever had "real" music in Storytime. Our admin department is so paranoid about copyright we just use the Kidz Bop CDs for everything.