Tiny Tot

The local library's storytimes have resumed! They were on hiatus for a few weeks so the librarians could visit local schools and sign up students for the summer reading program. Prior to the hiatus, we had been going to the Book Babies storytime which is geared to the under 12 months, non-mobile set. Thomas enjoyed them, but the last time we went all the other babies were under 6 months and it wasn't as interesting for him.

Today I took him to the Tiny Tots storytime and, though he was clearly the youngest one, he seemed to enjoy it more. He wasn't able to follow along with some of the physical movements related to the singing, but he enjoyed walking around and watching the other toddlers. During the actual reading of a book, all the children sat with their guardian except Thomas. He was the first one to walk over to the librarian and really involve himself in the reading (the others quickly followed). I was so proud of him! He seems to go through periods where he's more bashful than other times and it was great to watch him jump right in like that.

Thomas has completed the first path on the Summer Reading Program gameboard! We've been done for a week, but finally were able to take our boardgame in this morning for validation and a prize. He chose this red ball pictured above. Balls are his new interest and a word he's recently added to his vocabulary.