International Literacy Day

F.E. Burleson celebrated reading today along with the rest of the world for International Literacy Day! Our librarian, Ms. Wells, did a fabulous job planning this day for us. She assigned the book Zomo the Rabbit to the Kindergarten classes.

 



Zomo the Rabbit is a West-African folktale about a rabbit in search for wisdom. Throughout his journey for wisdom, he is given three tasks: collect scales from the Big Fish, collect milk from the Strong Cow, and collect a tooth from Leopard. Although he was able to complete these tasks with his clever tricks, he learned in the end that he wasn't all too smart. Though he had gained wisdom, he lacked the caution necessary to know that going after creatures larger than himself is not such a wise idea after all.

Langford's Little Learners were so fortunate to have Hartselle City Schools Superintendent, Dr. Vic Wilson, stop by our classroom to read this book to us. They loved getting to meet him, as each of them got to introduce themselves before the reading.

 

After reading the book, Dr. Wilson shared some of his own wisdom with us. He explained to the Little Learners that wisdom is 'knowing when to get into something, and knowing when not to get into something.' He then told them how they, too, can gain wisdom- through experience.

 

 

 

And what a great learning experience today was for us! We really enjoyed International Literacy Day, and all of us would like to give a great big 'Thank you!' to Ms. Wells for planning the day's activities, and to Dr. Wilson for taking the time to come and read to us.