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…
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…
Positive reinforcement, words of praise vs. acknowledgment
At a recent MGOL training workshop in Indiana, a discussion on the effect of praise was started. Apparently, according to the HighScope curriculum, praise can be harmful. In a 2011 resource guide (ReSource2011.12winter_72-1.pdf): “Many well-intentioned teachers have used praise to…
MGOL is at the Piedmont Library
Rhonda Turley at the Piedmont Library in Oklahoma wrote: I held my first weekly Mother Goose on the Loose program last week. I had 6 kids and their grownups, and received unsolicited hugs from 5 out of 6 kids. Not a bad…
Summer Reading for Babies and Toddlers AND a great program at ALA
On the public library listserv (pubyac), there is a link to a blog with wonderful information about a Summer Reading Club for babies and toddlers called Rubber Ducky Club. Check it out here: http://tinytipsforlibraryfun.blogspot.com/2011/06/doing-summer-thing.html Also, don’t forget to stop by…
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…