My shy little girl has begun to branch out just a little....... We went to story time for months with her sitting on the very back row not speaking to anyone, even refusing to say thank you for things. They story people took a break for the holidays and we have just started going back. My shy little girl has begun to branch out just a little... and now I have to pull her back in just a smidge, I hate it. When we went back our first week she wanted to sit on the first row ( I was amazed), then she talked to the teacher and participated in the questions, all great things. So you ask why am I upset? She had to stop to talk the teacher about every page. She wanted to count the animals, tell the teacher about something she saw that was funny. Now some of you are thinking, so what. It's not so what, that is fine for home but not in a group setting. Can you imagine how long it would take a person to read a book to a bunch of preschoolers if every kid wanted to talk to you about each page. I know, I did it for nearly six years and it takes a really long time. What sucks is that is too hard to explain to a three year old since they don't really have a concept of time. So I had a talk with her last night about how it is okay to talk to the teacher before and after story time and at art time just not while she reads the book. Please keep your fingers crossed that she will still be out going when we go today. I hope I didn't mess things up for her.