Today we are releasing a NEW video in our “Book & Boogie” series! This online video series features stories and music components that work well together – and some movement choreography to go with them, so teachers and parents can do this literacy activity with children in their class, playgroup or at home. Alphabet Boogie This video features a book and song component related
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Attending the annual NAEYC conference for the very first time was a wonderful experience and as Laura and I returned home, I’ve had some time to reflect on our trip. I learned a great deal of information that I can apply to my job as a Director of a program, as well as information I can apply to our SEEDS Network. More importantly though,
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We are still processing all the great experiences we had at the NAEYC annual conference in Atlanta last week. A frequent presenter at the conference was a childhood favorite of ours … Mr. Bob McGrath from Sesame Street! How fun it was to sing songs that I remember from the show (all the words come back to you!). As an early childhood professional, it’s interesting to
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One of the main highlights of our trip to the NAEYC annual conference in Atlanta was attending workshops with, and seeing performances by, some authors and illustrators of children’s books that we love! “Pete the Cat” was a BIG draw this year, and the conference was lucky to have BOTH the author (Eric Litwin) and the creator and illustrator (James Dean) in attendance. What
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After a morning of traveling from Connecticut to Georgia, Laura and I were happy to arrive to our hotel room. After we settled in and had a nice lunch, we quickly checked out the room that we will present our seminar in tomorrow morning. We are so excited to be part of this amazing conference. Tonight, Laura and I attended our first Annual NAEYC
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Well … we have arrived! We made it out of Connecticut JUST ahead of the coming nor’easter … flights were smooth, we were lucky. Now, we were expecting Atlanta to be a tad warmer … today was definitely chilly. Forecast looks promising for the rest of the week, so I’ll still get to wear my flip flops, hopefully! We are very excited to be
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In five days Tressa and I are heading to Atlanta for the 2012 NAEYC Annual Conference and Expo! It’s our first time, so we plan to soak it all in and blog about everything we see and hear! I’m hoping to take A LOT of pictures, and to share our experiences and things that we learn. We are also fortunate enough to presenting “Through new
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Welcome to our blog! We plan to use this blog as a way to interact with parents and early childhood professionals. We hope this will be a useful resource for you to ask questions, seek input and ideas and get support from each other. Some specific features of our blog include: Sharing early childhood crafts, games and activities We’re sharing ideas for lesson planning
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Many of us on the east coast have been affected in some way by Hurricane Sandy. (I am actually writing this post in the dark using generator power!) In a preschool classroom setting, depending on the extent of the impact of the storm, teachers and caregivers need to be sensitive to children’s concerns and fears about the storm and its aftermath. It’s a
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More story reviews and music and movement ideas and choreography coming your way with the “Book & Boogie” ONLINE VIDEO SERIES today! To recap the videos we released so far, we featured a Warm up & Cool down, along with fun story / music combinations about dinosaurs, trains and ducks. Today we are showcasing a book and song component related to riding a bus
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