We are continuing this week with our “Book & Boogie” ONLINE VIDEO SERIES, where we feature stories with music and movement! We are featuring a new “Book & Boogie” video each day this week to kick off the series. So far this week, we featured our Warm up & Cool down, and fun story / music combinations about dinosaurs and trains. Next up, we
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In August we hinted about a new project we were working on. We are ready to give you a sneak peek before we unveil our entire new video series on October 15th! For the past two years, we have been offering a literacy-based music & movement program to preschools across Connecticut called “Book & Boogie“. “Book & Boogie” is a children’s program where we
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“Book & Boogie” is a children’s program where we incorporate books and literacy with music and movement activities geared towards children ages 3-6. We bring together story themes with a music and movement component to go with the stories, which gets children moving and actively learning. Our “Book & Boogie” ONLINE VIDEO SERIES features stories and music components that work well together – and
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“Book & Boogie” is a children’s program where we incorporate books and literacy with music and movement activities geared towards children ages 3-6. We bring together story themes with a music and movement component to go with the stories, which gets children moving and actively learning. Our “”Book & Boogie” ONLINE VIDEO SERIES features stories and music components that work well together – and
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Just in time for Father’s Day, the “Preschool Blogger Network” has gotten together to share a host of ideas that you can do with your children (or class) to celebrate the special men in their lives. We have each paired a book with activities or gift ideas to go along with Father’s Day. The story I chose is “Me with You” by Kristy Dempsey,
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Today I spent the morning volunteering at a Scholastic customer appreciation sale … as the title of this blog post says, it is a teacher’s DREAM to see all those great children’s books on sale!! Discounts … 25% off … 50% off … books for $1 or $2 … oh my! Teachers from school districts around the state came in with large purchase orders
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It’s no secret … I LOVE children’s literature! I love finding out about new books (and books that are new to me). One way I find out about new books is by visiting my local library. The librarian’s at my local library in South Windsor, CT are GREAT! Truly a wonderful resource! Another great way to find out about a book that you may
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Today our preschool classes made an “I have a dream” mural to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day today. Before we made the mural, we read a story and had a discussion about who Dr. King was and why we celebrate his birthday. We started by reading The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. by Johnny Ray Moore, which tells of Dr. King’s life in an
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The winners have been announced in our “I have a dream” CD giveaway … thanks for all who entered and shared their dreams for children! Now we want to share some additional resources that you can use in your homes and classrooms on Monday to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. First up … music you can download (for FREE!). Daria is offering her “I Have A Dream”
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Lots of people have heard of phonics and indeed there has been a heavy focus on them in schools for years, and then not so much of a focus as we looked at whole language approaches, and then back again to a phonics-intensive focus (don’t you just love the education pendulum?). But before phonemic awareness can develop, or at least before it can develop
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