Day 4

Field notes....
Read Rain rain go away and Ruby's Rainbow to the group at lunch...
Wanted to see if there was as much talking during Ruby's Rainbow as yesterday in baby class
The first book was read in a sing song rhyme type fashion...  the children sang along and even after I put it down...they picked it up and continued to sing the song while looking at the pictures..
(Video) Seche even read this one to his friends...needing  help with a few of the words that wouldn't rhyme due to the way he had learned to say that particular word.
When I read Ruby's rainbow some of the children got distracted by other things like my camera or my arm or their lunch so a few left.  The others, as the day before, repeated a few of the words so I think I may have to include this in reading books that are more in story form rather than song.
Just on these two books, I spent almost 40 minutes with the children.

Reflection... the children are truly enjoying this time of reading.  Even after I am finished reading they sit  and carefully look at the books turning the pages very carefully ... talking about what is on the page or singing the rhymes to themselves.  A few of the children know how to hold the book and flip the pages from left to right... many have the book upside down and are flipping the pages fro back to front or right to left.   The teachers are asking to borrow the books. I did notice today that if I point out certain things within the book and call them by their Luganda term... the children start giggling.... probably more so of the muzungu trying to say their words! 

Because of the story reading... I am noticing more English words being spoken and the barrier of shyness is being lifted.