St.John's Lutheran School, Goodhue, MN

St. John's Lutheran School is east of Goodhue, MN, and I was enthusiastic about the prospect of doing three shows for grades K-8 when the principal, Mr. Schulz, invited me to come. March 29, 2011, was a sunny day, and the drive took only an hour before we arrived at the church, located among the fine farms  in the area. We set up our equipment in the roomy Parish Hall connected to the church.

Nanc snapped a photo of me loading the wagon to take in our equipment.

K-2 students had lots of stories to share after I performed If I Were a Farmer: Nancy's Adventure.

Grades 6-8 are ready to answer a couple quiz questions about A Farm Country Christmas Eve.

After the story A Farm Country Christmas Eve, grades 3-5 volunteered to answer the question, "What did Jimmy share with his parents at the end of the story?"

Beautiful countryside, lovely church, nice people, fun kids, and selling a few books all contributed to a good day. We thank Principal Schulz for inviting us.

Photographs by Nancy A. Fredrickson

Southwest Star Concept

On March 18, 2011, a warm, enthusiastic greeting at Southwest Star Concept Elementary School at Heron Lake, MN, more than made up for the three hour drive there. Besides, it was a nice day, and I was excited about doing three different shows at the school.

K-1 students always like, If I Were a Farmer: Nancy's Adventure, especially the part where I show them how to teach a newborn calf how to drink out of a pail in the picture above. Many of these kids are from farms so they were way ahead of me on this one.

For Grades 2-3 I did my regular version of A Farm Country Christmas Eve. including the quiz. In the picture above, they are ready to answer the question, "What name did the Maggie Carlson give the newborn calf?" 

For grades 4-6, pictured above, I gave a longer performance of A Farm Country Christmas Eve, which included about a 15-minute explanation with visuals on how and why I came to write the kind of books I write. 

Audiences were fun and staff members were great. Before we left we thanked Library/Media Specialist Patti Schneider for inviting us to the school, and we expressed our hope to return some time soon.

Photographs by Nancy A. Fredrickson

BBE Elementary, Brooten, MN

Why are these students holding up two fingers?

Because they know that those are the two fingers used to teach a newborn calf to drink from a pail.