As the operator of the family-style photo library, this is one of the countless stories I have held. Story meeting is a standard link in parent-child reading promotion. The practice of many traditional picture books is to include the fee in the membership fee, and the annual card members can participate in the story meeting as many times as they send it. And because my library is a small family library, the membership fee is relatively low, and the services included are basic borrowing, so it is difficult to digest the cost of the story club.
Like many parent-child reading promoters, it is always difficult for individuals to hold parent-child story meetings to break the curse of "public welfare". I was embarrassed to charge at first. All the activities were free, but the effect was not good. Because it is free, some parents will not come to the meeting temporarily; Because it's free, I will struggle with the cost control, sometimes making the story meeting and subsequent expansion activities less exciting. What is even more frightening is that at that time, I will emphasize to everyone who comes to participate that this is a free public welfare activity. The subtext is: it's already free, don't ask so much. However, put yourself in others' shoes. If I am a parent who takes my children to an activity, what I want is a wonderful activity to let my children gain happiness and knowledge. I don't really care if the organizers are public welfare. You know, time and energy are the most precious things for everyone. Free stories will be done too much, without income, and it seems that they have not been recognized by everyone. It is inevitable that they are tired.
Breaking the spell of charity is a sentence I saw in The Awakening Millionaire: The only purpose of money is to express gratitude. Yes, we paid the taxi driver to thank him for bringing me a safe and comfortable journey; Paying for a meal in a restaurant is to thank those who have cooked delicious food and served us. Then, I just need to provide value-for-money services to members to thank me. Since I had this awareness, I began to realize the road of story meeting.
Take this story meeting as an example. Christmas is coming. First, choose a story related to Christmas. The empty socks on Christmas Eve in Fan Deng's Little Readers are very suitable, which contains the contents of Christmas traditional custom Santa Claus giving gifts, as well as the educational discussion on whether naughty children are good children and whether they are qualified to receive Christmas gifts. In the design of Fan Deng's young readers, the extended activity of the story meeting is to make a Christmas tree with green paper, which seems a bit ordinary to me. As it happens, the big V store has launched a handmade gift box for Christmas tree music box, which is very exquisite. The activity only needs 19.9 boxes, and you can place an order to buy 12 boxes immediately.
Then I ordered a cream cake with Christmas atmosphere as the end of the Christmas story party. Strive for perfection in all details, constantly switch your own perspective, and see if you will be satisfied with participating in this story. The final result is very good.
In addition, I want to share a little skill with parent-child reading promoters. My stories will be grouped separately, but in a big group? As long as I participated, I will be in this group. Various reminders are released before the event, and during the event, even if the photos are sent to the group. In this way, even parents who have not signed up this time will see every wonderful time and will sign up when they have time.