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MGOL practices highlighted in Every Child Ready to Read Evaluation Report
An Evaluation Report on Every Child Ready to Read was recently released and MGOL practices are highlighted from pages 33-36 (Start reading under the title, “Asides”). MGOL is also mentioned on page...
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MGOL Training in Atlanta Georgia
Last month, I had a great time presenting a MGOL workshop for the Atlanta Public Library in Fulton County. Christina Rand just sent me some pictures from the workshop that show how involved everyone...
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Public Library Association (PLA) Session and Hand-out
Today I presented a session at PLA on Using Nursery Rhymes to Encourage Talking, Singing, Reading, and Playing in Storytimes. I am delighted that so many people attended, we ran out of handouts....
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PLA 2018 Hand-out “Using Nursery Rhymes to Encourage Talking, Singing,...
Using Nursery Rhymes to Encourage Talking, Singing, Reading, and Playing in Storytimes
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Fun In New Mexico
Recently, I spent a week traveling around New Mexico and presenting workshops to a wonderful group of enthusiastic librarians. If you are ever in New Mexico, check out the Artesia Library! There is a...
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Happy New Year
Mother Goose on the Loose wishes wishes a happy, healthy, and peaceful New Year to all.
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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...
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Random Acts of Kindness
Last week, while all of Baltimore was battling a tremendous snow storm, I was in Florida presenting a “Transforming Preschool Storytime” workshop to an enthusiastic and receptive group of children’s...
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The Raising of America
During the past two weeks, I have been watching a newly released video series called “The Raising of America.” In addition to giving updated facts and research regarding the importance of the earliest...
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Mother Goose on the Loose Goslings
A few months ago, I posted about the idea of creating a Mother Goose on the Loose program for parents with premature babies, hospitalized in NICU units. I am proud to announce that with the assistance...
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Alexandre Vattemare Award for Creativity in Libraries !!!
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: FOR...
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Why Nursery Rhymes
While looking for information on nursery rhymes, I stumbled across a post by Kate Deadder in her blog for San Jose State University called “We’ve Got Rhythm” which succinctly describes the value of...
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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...
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New books and an interview
I am delighted to announce that two new books of mine have been published by ALA Editions. The first one is an update of my original MGOL Manual and the second is called Mother Goose on the Loose:...
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First MGOL Goslings Training
This past week, I presented my first training for MGOL Goslings outside of the trainings I’ve done with the original Goslings team at Port Discovery Children’s Museum in Baltimore. Six incredible...
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Singing
Everyone should sing to their children, no matter how well they sing. To a child, the parent’s voice is the most beautiful sound of all. This is something I say in all of my workshops. Today I was...
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MGOL during COVID-19
Once again, children’s librarians have used their wonderful creative abilities to serve children and families, even amidst this health crisis. Since families cannot come to the library for MGOL...
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Ready to Hatch Survey
This survey provides feedback to the creators and implementer’s of MGOL Hatchlings. They will use your comments when reshaping the program.
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