Talk-Shares are one of those weird things that transcend explanation. How do all the kids at all ages know that it's a big big deal to share something of theirs with their peers? This is Jack's second talk-share. His first was a transformer - but he was pretty anxious the whole time that one of the kids would try to take Optimus, so I'm not really sure how well it went. Talk-shares usually last about 5 minutes. The child talks for about a minute and then they ask if anyone has any questions. The questions are usually a big popularity contest.
Well Talk-Shares are new to Jack so he forgot to tell me he had one today. So he didn't bring anything to share. I thought this was going to be a tragedy. Janet told him to look to see if he had anything in his cubby to share about (she is always trying to get the kids to focus on an event or memory rather than toy). I thought... no way that's going to work. Janet offered for him to do it the next day but somehow Jack didn't want that. So a few other kids go and I'm thinking we'll just have to remember next time. Instead, off to his cubby Jack went. And pulled out "Goodnight, Gorilla" which he'd borrowed from Miss Janet and had not brought home or put back yet.
He went up there with this book which I did not even know he knew and proceeded to tell the story of it for a HALF HOUR. He acted out parts of it. He went on a tangent about space and rocket boosters. He showed it around the entire class as the hidden pink balloon got smaller and smaller in the illustration's distance. He made up sign language for "pop" and "goodbye."
He loved it.
At the end, it was time for dismissal so he had fewer questions than normal. But just plain wow. He was awesome.
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