Terry the MOO in the LIBRARY
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The mezzanine area of the Library has a bewdy spot for spinning a yarn. There is a comfy chair and enough bean bags and cushions for small humans to get really comfortable and settle in for some ripper story telling. I began the story an was right proud of how I went. I had everyone's attention and even tried to do the voices of the characters also. The book was dead exciting and I was on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next.

I did, however, need some assistance turning the pages - us cows do not have thumbs so browsing a human book is a little clumsy for me - perhaps that i why there are so few cow books written by cows for cows - I might have to change that when I grow up.

I got a mate to take up the second part of the reading. I helped him with the big words I knew. As a cow, I have quite a large vocab.. um ... I know a lot of words and know how to speak proper most of the time. I am still learning and human language studies are one of the many things that I am working hard to get a grip on.

Reading is triffic 'cause you have to use your imagination - humans and cows are great at this. I am sure older humans can do this as well but few seem to be very imaginitive sometimes - I wonder where the child-like curiosity and sense of adventure goes - maybe humans grow out of it - what a pity.

Reading and then sharing your ideas of who did what, where and how is another thing I love about reading and story telling. I reckon it is amazing that two people can have such a different understanding of the same thing - cows on the other hand always know the right way of seeing things- it is just something we are calved with.

I think little humans are a lot of fun to read with and i hope I am asked to do this again.

The library ladies were very kind and treated me like the thoroughbred that I am.

This photo was taken in term 2, 2004 shows me (I am the cute spotted calf on the data projector) working with some year 8's in English. These students used the MOO to construct a 1950's house as part of their investigations into life in the 1950s - this livened up their readings of "Over the Top With Jim" by Hugh Lunn.

After little instruction, these little humans were digging and decorating and describing MOO space like professionals. It would appear that us calves are natural presenters and are good at explaining things. Many thanks to Mrs Clarke for thinking of this neat way of enriching student reading and iviting me along.

This photo was taken in term 2, 2004 and shows the me as an intrepid explorer guiding young humans (year 6ers) through the frozen wonderland that is Antarctica.

They talked to a penguin and did structured research into the antarctic wildlife, climate, geography and exploration whilst not getting frost-bite at all. Many thanks to Mrs Cameron for helping to set up this virtual field trip and Mrs Egan for inviting me along.