Mother Goose on the Loose: Article about Spanish language MGOL

Mother Goose on the Loose: Article about Spanish language MGOL

Article about Spanish language MGOL

It's very exciting to see that the article written about the Spanish Language program by Anne and I has been published in American Libraries Magazine.


This coincides with the release (finally) of the Spanish MGOL CD on CD Baby


And within the next few weeks, the book I have been writing for Neal-Schuman should become available (see below). This is a great example of "When it rains, it pours..."

Early Literacy Programming en Español
Mother Goose on the Loose Programs for Bilingual Learners

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Developmental Tip Cards are Available!!!!!

At long last..... I am delighted to say that the developmental tip cards that I created along with Saroj Ghoting are finally available!

When presenting Mother Goose on the Loose training workshops, I often heard participants say that the most difficult thing for them was coming up with new developmental tips for parents and caregivers each week.

I envisioned a deck of developmental tip cards that could be used in any early literacy program. Related to school readiness, each card would have a brief tip relating to one of the domains of school readiness, written in easy language for adults of all levels to understand. On the flip side of the card would be suggestions for the presenter regarding activities that could go along with the tip; i.e. a song, story, craft activity, or suggested project for home that the presenter could either lead or mention.

I asked Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting if she would like to partner me in the writing of these cards, and ALA Editions agreed to be our publisher. We wrote a short manual describing the domains of school readiness and explaining how to use the tip cards. And the complete package arrived at my home in the mail yesterday! What a treat!!!! ALA Editions did a wonderful job of producing it, and I believe this is going to be extremely helpful to anyone who is running programs for adults with children ages 5 and under.

The Early Literacy Kit:
A Handbook and Tip Cards

For more information and to order book.

Also, I'm looking forward to my presentation at the New England Library Association this weekend!