A librarian at the Weston Library in Weston, Florida writes: “We are going to be offering MGOL at our Library in the next few months. What is the the ideal number of children in a group? Also, is it best…
Adapting MGOL Programs for Children with Visual Impairments
Julie Ranelli, Children’s Librarian from Queen Anne’s County Free Library in Stevensville, MD just sent in the following question: I’ve had a blind boy at MGOL for the past two weeks. I have used as many of the adaptations from…
What can you do if your groups get too big?
One of my colleagues reported that Mother Goose on the Loose is going strong at her library. However, she likes having 12-15 children and is finding it overwhelming when over 50 people attend a session (even though two sessions are…
Positive reinforcement
During Mother Goose on the Loose programs, the facilitator models the use of positive reinforcement when children are asked to do a specific task and they successfully complete it. I had my own wonderful dose of positive reinforcement this weekend:…
The reviews are in!!
I just received an email from Neil-Schuman announcing that the book, Early Literacy Programming en Español: Mother Goose on the Loose Programs for Bilingual Learners has just been reviewed. Below are what the reviews have said. Pretty good! “In this thoughtful and…
Early Literacy Survey
A colleague who is a doctoral candidate at Florida State University is working on an adult early literacy assessment tool,called EL-Capstone that will be used to assess the understanding of early literacy concepts of adults who may be called upon as…
Focus group
Yesterday was a great Mother Goose on the Loose Day. We held a focus group at the Rosedale Library to get feedback on a new Mother Goose on the Loose planning tool. The session was magnificent and the feedback was invaluable.…
New rhymes for MGOL programs
While in Arizona doing some Mother Goose on the Loose workshops, I heard some wonderful variations on some of the traditional rhymes. I asked the librarian who recited them to me to write them down so I could share them…
How do babies think?
There is an interesting article from the July 2010 Scientific American article, called “How Babies Think” by Alison Gopnik. Check it out at: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-babies-think (Sent by The Association of Children’s Museums via Laura Foster and Aaron Goldblatt)
Survey addresses early literacy connections
Via the ALSC listserv, Katie Ross from Kanawha County (WV) Public Library and Saroj Ghoting alerted me to this survey conducted through the organization, Zero to Three. Since so much of getting a good basis for early literacy skills and healthy development…