I love this photo of King taken by the librarian at Westhampton Elementary School (WES) and wanted to share it with my readers. Last week, I took King over to WES during Lily’s Reading Buddy time to do a practice session with the first and second graders there to prepare King for his role as the Bright Spot Reading Buddy for second and third graders at the Hilltown Charter School in Haydenville, Massachusetts.
King loved meeting the children as a group. The first and second graders were excited about meeting Lily’s brother. We talked about the similarities and differences they saw. Yes – the obvious, King is orange and Lily is blue. King is much bigger because he’s a boy. But, they did notice something more subtle, as well. The brother and sister duo have the same facial expression, a sweet and gentle demeanor. Once the entire class had its meet-and-greet, King and I moved over to the special reading corner of the room where King listened intently as four readers, one-at-a-time, read him stories.
King is as relaxed and happy mingling with young children in a school setting as he is with the the elderly in the nursing home. On Thursday, King will commence his busy schedule of being Reading Buddy at Hilltown, then heading over to the nursing home (five minutes from the school) to make rounds as the visiting therapy dog. Stay tuned for updates on King!