At Yu Ying, parents and relatives can come in and be mystery readers during a class's library time. The PK3 teachers waited several months so that the little ones could get their routines established at school and (in theory) wouldn't be crying every day about missing mom and dad. So I went and read to Cassius's class.
It was ah-dorable.
I brought Room on the Broom to read because it's one of Cash's favorite. When he saw me waiting for the class in the library, he got all shy and quietly whispered, "Momma....." and came over for a hug. Once they were all seated - and about 4 of them were approximately 1" from my knees,as close as they could get without touching - I brought out the book for them to see. Before I could introduce it, Cassius calls out, "Momma! Momma! These (gesturing around him, dramatic pause, dramatic pause) are all my friends."
Because apparently Room on the Broom is everyone's favorite book in there, it took me about 20 minutes to get through it. Adorable interruptions abounded! Spoiler info left and right, which animal was getting on the broom next, what object fell off the witch, shouts of everything, small and large, that happens in the book, basically, well before I got to reading those particular parts. We spent so much time on Room with a Broom we didn't have time for another book. Three year olds and time management were never meant to go together.
