book class

my friend, cynthia, asked if i'd like to help her teach a children's book class at the library over the course of a few weeks this summer. i was soooo excited because it was just the type of thing i'd been wanting to do. cynthia has a master's degree in something amazing, that relates to libraries and rare books, etc. she has worked in nyc and even in germany on a book exhibit. anyway, she has lots of knowledge and it was super fun to help her come up with cute books for the kids to make. the only class i took pictures during...

the kids in the photo above are guessing which example is moveable type.
in the photo above, we had the kids play a game as if they were the moveable type. we gave them letters and they had to unscramble them to make a word. they were super smart and figured them all out!

above is my friend cynthia showing something to the kids and there's my little pink-shirted lady with the blond ponytail!

the kids were totally and completely interested in every single class. they learned to make "hot-dog" books, an accordian book, an ice cream cone book, and even a little suitcase book to keep their ticket stubs from summer activities they've done.

aftie and ella loved the classes also! afton made a book about her talents. ella made a cute ice cream cone book with her three favorite flavors of ice cream. even grammy was able to come to a class and learned how to make some books. it was a fun way to spend a few summer days!