At ALA, I heard from a number of supervisors that their children’s librarians were having a hard time getting back into programming now that people could attend INSIDE the library. I was asked to create a workshop/webinar to address this…
The results are in…. MGOL Hatchlings
Attending the SRCD Conference
Last week I attended the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Child Development where I heard some of the latest research findings. In my MGOL trainings, I mention some studies that show how infants are preprogrammed to connect…
A Surprise Footnote Connection
Currently, at the request of ALA Editions, I am revising my Mother Goose on the Loose manual, originally published in 2006. I wanted to add in information about connections with “the seven life essential skills every child needs” from Ellen…
MGOL in Hospitals (a taste from the ALSC Institute in Atlanta)
While at the ASLC Institute in Atlanta, I attended a wonderful session by librarian Amanda Bressler entitled “Healthy Partnerships: Creating an Early Literacy Outreach Partnership for Hospitalized Children.” The description read: Scrub in and pull on your rubber gloves; it’s time to…
The Goslings are Growing
Here’s a video about the Mother Goose on the Loose Goslings program: On October 21, I will be presenting on “Early Literacy Programming for Families with Fragile Babies” with partners from Port Discovery, the University of Maryland Medical Center, and…
Radical Change
I am currently at the ALISE conference in Boston. This yearly event is for library school professors and doctoral students to share research and network with colleagues. The theme of this year’s conference is Radical Change, a theory coined by…
What does MGOL have in common with the Declaration of Independence?
While she was a student, my mother was required to memorize the part of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence. She recited it to me when I was a child: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all citizens…
September 2015 Research Review: The Words Children Hear
This post was co-written by Erica Zippert and Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen This month’s article describes a research study about talking vs. reading picture books to children. “The Words Children Hear: Picture Books and the Statistic for Language Learning” by…
Importance of Developing THE WHOLE CHILD
This week, I’ve read a few articles on the importance of play, of play as being the work of childhood, and on the misguided common core standards. In Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to Gain and Much to Lose, Common…