Simple yet empowering
There are few items as precious to a child as a carpet square at the library story hour. Although the square may only be used for a short period every week, it provides crucial benefits to the development of a healthy young person:
- Freedom to make a personal decision: A young child’s life is heavily controlled by the parents, especially in public settings like the store or pre-school. Here is an opportunity away from home and pre-school for a child to have complete control over an action, the action of choosing a specific object.
- Distraction during the story: They always say that a person can sit still for as many minutes are in his or her age in years. If this is true, then a five year old has five minutes before the soft fibers of the carpet become more appealing than the narrated tale.
- Competition: Kids (and commenters on social blogs) love to be first. He who grabs the first square from the bin shall feel better than the rest for the whole hour. However, he will also have to wait the longest for the story to begin.
- Color: An extra stimulation of the mind, plus everyone feels more comfortable on top of his or her favorite color.
- Functionality: The fibers of the carpet square are most likely softer than the hard industrial carpeting of the library floor.
