Read and Romp Day, by Kathy Wagner

Early Childhood Read and Romp Day started in 1999 and has become a greatly anticipated event each year.  This activity is a collaborative effort between the Early Childhood library and physical education department.  Students spend part of a day in the gymnasiums rotating to ten different stations where they are read a short picture book by a volunteer and participate in a quick physical activity that coincides with the story.  Activities might include a relay, obstacle course, dance, cooperative game, or creative or problem solving activity.  Over the years, 150 different books have been enjoyed by students, teachers, administration, parents, and grandparents who have been a part of this very special event.  Perhaps you were once part of dancing like a jungle animal for Giraffe’s Can’t Dance, participating in a ring toss for The Midnight Unicorn, wrapping a friend in toilet paper for Ten Little Mummies, or learning sign language while listening to Can’t You Sleep Little Bear.