In May, I was informed that I had received a national award for creativity in libraries. It is still thrilling and I wanted to share the news on my blog. Below is the official press release: Thank you, everyone. Hooray!!!!!
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 for Preschoolers
I recently completed a 5 week series of MGOL sessions for some Baltimore County preschoolers and their parents, at a local early childhood center. In addition to having a great time, the power of MGOL to change family dynamics was…
Easily Adaptable Program – another example!
Recently, I presented a MGOL training workshop in Boone County, Kentucky. Today I received an exciting email from Boone saying “We were so inspired by your training, that we are in the process of redesigning our Tiny Tot story times.”…
Upcoming MGOL Training Workshop
Training Workshop, Full Day Consider signing up for the upcoming MGOL training workshop at Port Discovery Children’s Museum in Baltimore, Maryland on Monday, September, 9: Location: Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD 21202 Price: $300…
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…
Using MGOL with Children with Autism via Karma Dogs
My friend and colleague, Janet Shepherd, has been adapting MGOL for use with children with autism. She is part of the Karma Dogs program, and often attends my MGOL sessions with her dog, Tami. She says that she has made…