Haines School Welcomes me!

I was so excited to be discussing bully prevention, awareness & inspiring kindness with the students from Haines Elementary School- and I brought my buddy Rainbow Rabbit!

I visited 8 different class rooms ranging from ages k- 2nd grade.

This was the first time I would be introducing the story of the Rainbow Rabbit. I knew from reading it to my son the kids here would really enjoy it. From the moment I walked in each classroom the kids were so excited! They would run up to Rainbow Rabbit and touch him or say how pretty he was! Everyone wanted to hold him! Once the story began the kids were silent. Their eyes never left the pages. They loved how it rhymed and the bright colored illustrations. Every once in a while a child would react with "Oh no!" or "That's so sad!" during the parts where Rainbow Rabbit was being left out or was crying. They would cheer when there were happy parts, or when the princess helped him out- it was so sweet to see. They remained so interested from beginning to end. One of the things I loved the most was when I said " The End" the whole classroom cheered! They all told me how much they loved the story and how much they loved Rainbow Rabbit. One of my favorite comments from the day was when a few of the children said " If I saw someone who was sad because no one would play with them, I would ask them to come play with me." Mission accomplished :)

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