Dinosaur win and fail

Well, I must say that my dinosaur program had some ups and downs.

I'll start with the ups because they make me feel better.

1. Kids LOVE dinosaurs. Seriously. We were ROARING and STOMPING through the entire storytime.
2. The adult reference librarian told me he could hear us across the library. (I take that as a job well done)
3. I actually got a round of applause after singing a dinosaur song.

Okay, time for the not so awesome downs.

1. All of the kids wanted to pull my felt dinosaurs down from the board before I even started my "No more room" rhyme. This resulted in near meltdowns, the rhyme taking longer than planned, and a lot of interruptions.
2. Since I do family storytime I get kids from birth to about six coming to my storytimes. I thought I would try a longer book, Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs, because I had 2 shorter ones and this one had a lot of action. Ya, while some of the older kids were interested I could tell that I was losing my younger ones and their parents. Ah well, I'll just have to try something else next time.

All in all, I would have to say that my dinosaur storytime went really well. Oh, except for the fact that I forgot to tell my joke. What do you call a fossil that refuses to work? Lazy Bones.