This Saturday, June 1st, I will be performing 2 shows in Hanover and Plymouth respectively.  At 11:15 I will be at the Cadence Academy (formerly the Children’s Workshop)!  This is an open house and open to the public  so come by and check out the beautiful school and hang out for my show!

I will then be performing in Plymouth at 1:30pm at the First Saturday event.  My shows will be on the Town Hall Green!  Don’t miss it!

Schedule:

• 11:15am – Cadence Academy, Hanover
• 1:30pm – Town Hall Green, Plymouth

I had the honor of returning to the Elementary School that I attended to tell stories to the Kindergarten and 1st grade classes.  I had a ton of fun and the crowd there was just awesome!

I also recieved an email from the teachers after the show which I thought was such a nice thing to see!  Thank you for the thank you!

Dear
Big Ryan,

Thank
you so much for coming to tell us stories at West today! We loved the super funny stories and interactive activities you did with us! Learning all about how to juggle was wonderful! You are one of the best storytellers we have ever heard!

Thank
you!

West
Kindergarten and 1st Grade Teams

Mrs Routhier, Mrs Dubois, Ms Keegan, Mrs Hickey, and Mrs Walsh

Here is the storytelling schedule for this week:

• Monday: Carver Public Library @ 10:30am * Raising a Reader Week 2
• Tuesday:  Little People’s College – 374 Rockdale @ 10:00am
• Wednesday:  Little People’s College – Sassaquin@ 10:00am
• Thursday:  Sakonnet Early Learning Center @ 10:30am
• Friday: West End Day Nursery School @9:30am
• Friday: 1620 Event @ 1:00pm

This week is my “internship” at the Bridgewater Schools – one of my all time favorite weeks of the year where I get to visit and re-visit the same school all week and visit every classroom! This is the biggest test to keep my voice from going out – but it’s so worth it!

Places I will be visiting this week:

1. Carver
2. New Bedford
3. Dartmouth
4. Tiverton, RI
5. Plymouth

Something I have noticed over the years is that the graphic novel format has become more and more popular. This was something unheard of when I went to school and, truthfully, I could not be happier to see that this trend is becoming the preferred way to read stories. The days when I went to school graphic novels were almost looked down upon as not real reading. Thanks to some revolutionary writers they have made stories like these popular – and I know one little girl who is extremely happy about it!