Wise Talk

There’s no business like shoe business! I finally did Whose Shoe in a large class and it went down wonders.

The first classes of the new school year. The three year olds are waiting for me when I arrive. Many of them are new at the school and I am new to them, one boy is scared and cries. As I write this I wonder what has been happening in his life to make him so nervous at such a young age. But at the time the best thing I can do is to be friendly and warm and natural.

My first visit of the year to Nisho Kindergarten. The three year olds are just filing into the main hall as I come through the outside door. The timing is good. I haven’t seen the procedure before. Usually they are in the room waiting for me. I notice how they are being trained to walk in a train, one behind another with outstretched arms resting on the shoulders of the child in front. The lead child holds onto the arms of the teacher who is bent over and shuffling backwards. I catch up and move past them to dump my two large prop bags on the low stage at the front of the room.