...and for my next trick!
I didn't wake up in the middle of the night last night. I slept the solid, happy, sleep of a person who achieved her small goal. I woke up to more rain (we are in for a spell of it) and was excited to take on the day. I went out with Gibson to feed the critters and returned to coffee and oatmeal. My body was soaked by my mood was airy as a maple leaf on the wind.There's a chicken in a small cage in the back of my truck. She's one of the Golden Laced Wyandottes I raised from a chick this spring. She's in the truck because in about half an hour we are off to share in a little adventure. This morning is my first ever Library talk for children! I'm heading a half hour south to the Schaghticoke (Skat-eh-coke) Library and really excited about it. I adore kids, specially the ones old enough to talk and too young to stop imagining. I am going to tell kids about farming, chickens, food, and my book Chick Days. It'll be a hoot!
Strike that! It'll be a Bok bok!
posted by Jenna at 8:41 AM
19 Comments:
While I am far from being a kid, I'm not to old to stop imagining. I'm imagining I'm visiting your rainy-day farm...I live too far away to do it in person! Have a great library visit!
Have fun! Wish we lived closer, I'd love to bring my girls to hear you!
Have a great time and your little chicken, too!
Nice to see CAF planting seeds in the future!
I am very pleased that you will be talking to kids. I know my grandkids would love you, your farm, your critters, and delight in what you can teach them. Perhaps one day your farm will be the setting of a children's story.
That's wonderful, what FUN! I love the look of wonder on a child's face when they 'meet' a farm animal.
Jenna, I love it when people talk to kids!! Giving them morsels of a dream they may never have gotten from anyone else!!
Thank you!
Brilliant!
Great idea! I'll bet you enjoy it as much as the kids will!
I remember back when you got Gibson, you posted about him and what he got into. I saw a kids book when I read the post. I am an unabashed book freak, worked in a book store for 14 years. Collected kids books for even longer. You were posting some of your sketches around that time, they were perfect. Maybe you should give it a try... What can it hurt?
I'm a librarian in Kansas...I envy those kids! And wish you were close enought to give a program for OUR kids. Sounds like a loto fun!
I give talks to 4th Graders about composting, planting seeds and garlic. I am always amazed at the children and how much they don't know but want to. They are like little sponges, they soak up everything at that age.
Kids between too small to understand and too old to believe are a real hoot (or bok bok). I put a small door at the base of the huge old maple in my front yard and have my niece's 4 kids convinced that's where the fairies live and it takes magic to open that door. I also told them that those aren't spider webs sparkling in the dew on the marsh grass - those are the fairies old wings they dropped when they got new ones.
Kids between too small to understand and too old to believe are a real hoot (or bok bok). I put a small door at the base of the huge old maple in my front yard and have my niece's 4 kids convinced that's where the fairies live and it takes magic to open that door. I also told them that those aren't spider webs sparkling in the dew on the marsh grass - those are the fairies old wings they dropped when they got new ones.
I'd love to hear a follow-up on the event. I'm sure it went stunningly, but I'm wondering if there were any surprises. Had you done a talk to that age group before?
I often speak to local group and organizations about beekeeping and the benefits of pollinators. Kids are always super fun, their curiosity and enthusiasm can't be beat!
I often speak to local groups and organizations about beekeeping and the benefits of pollinators. Kids are always a lot of fun at these presentations--their curiosity and enthusiasm can't be beat!
I often speak to local group and organizations about beekeeping and the benefits of pollinators. Kids are always super fun, their curiosity and enthusiasm can't be beat!
Jenna, Have you ever looked into the Kickstarter Program to help in funding any of your farm projects. Many of the projects you have seem to qualify. I would think it would be worth a look. Yours is the first blog I check on when I log on to the computer. Rhonna
If you are ever in Rhode Island, I know a great library to give a to kids. My 9 yr. old granddaughter has read Chick Days (a few times, in fact) and it's her go-to about all things chicken! She quotes from it! She has a flock of 10, which includes 2 roosters.
Anyway, I like your idea of paying it forward, and getting the next generation interested in where their food come from.
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