August 9th, 2011
Here, some rockin’ awesome Mississippi librarians show me how they sing If You’re Hoppy, incorporating the slight variations from the traditional If You’re Happy song. (I admit I never imagined folks singing it, only saying it out loud. But I’ve heard lots of librarians are singing it for story hour.) The facebook author page with the video.
Tags: If You're Hoppy, Rhyme, rhythm
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August 6th, 2011
My chant books are a celebration of words, rhythm, rhyme, and biodiversity. To celebrate my upcoming (June 16th, 2011) vegetable chant, I’ve assembled sound samples to help in teaching and understanding these books.
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Tags: alliteration, chants, Fluency, poetry, Rah, Rah Rah Radishes, sounds
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September 17th, 2008
Let’s begin our physical science storytime. Physical science studies the non-living world around us: air, water, wind, rock, minerals, glaciers, all sorts of things. But these non-living parts of our world also play a big part in our lives, and other animals’ lives, too. So, we’ll begin with an animal you might have seen…vultures!
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Tags: air, dust, physical science, shadows, Stars Beneath Your Bed, Vulture View
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September 8th, 2008
I have teamed up with Charlesbridge publishing, the publisher of this book, and created the Be a Stream Hero contest. The winner of the contest wins a school visit from me.
In fact, in honor of Trout Are Made of Trees, Charlesbridge publishing staff spent a day cleaning up the Charles river!
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Tags: ecology, Fish, Insects, rivers, streams, Trout Are Made of Trees
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