Professor Sharon

Yesterday was the day of our workshop, which went really well.  At first we thought it would not be very well attended, but eventually about 30 people filled the room (well, not filled fortunately — it was a room for 200).  This turned out fine because it meant we didn’t need to use the mic and there was a good number of people for actors and audience!

See PictureBook Plays for a clip of a great performance of Caps for Sale by our participants.  My co-leader (daughter) and I learned a great deal from this first public presentation of our method. We discovered a vital part of the explanation that we didn’t include (which I think actually we just didn’t consider because we had been so focused on how to include everything in one hour).   It revealed that we teach really well together, that that little three year old could indeed entertain herself for an hour (of course, several surprise activities in her toy bag certainly helped.)  Our workshop was at 4 – 5 pm after a long day of working a few publishers in the Exhibit Hall hoping that we’ll find a home for our book.

Because children are not allowed in the Exhibit Hall, daughter and I took turns entertaining granddaughter.  One of the great ways to do this has turned out to be The Stage area where children’s musicians and local groups are entertaining for 1/2 hour slots.  Granddaughter and I enjoyed some songs with Red Grammar.

We were so exhausted by the time we got back to our hotel room (after dinner of course!)

Today we were tourists walking many miles about this beautiful city – but more about that tomorrow!