Mother Goose on the Loose
Book & CD Set
Neal-Schumann, Publishers

This valuable manual will help librarians and educators create their own Mother Goose on the Loose (MGOL) routines with ready-to-use plans and materials.

Description

Let Mother Goose on the loose in your library and jump-start children’s learning and brain development. Here are activities that will build motor, music, social, and pre-literacy skills in infants and toddlers. Mother Goose on the Loose incorporates books, rhymes, fingerplays, flannelboard stories, music, dance, and child-parent interaction into dynamic programs that will bring whole families into the library. Award-winning program creator Betsy Diamant-Cohen offers this valuable manual that helps librarians and educators create their own Mother Goose on the Loose (MGOL) routines with ready-to-use plans and materials.

The guide features ten MGOL programs—each one with complete scripts and instructions! In addition, you’ll find planning and scheduling sheets for implementing the program and instructions for designing your own original MGOL sessions. Chapters outline the learning process for infants and toddlers, including the importance of repetition, ritual, play, reading, movement, and music; provide tips for communicating with parents; and suggest ways to incorporate books, instruments, and props. Diamant-Cohen includes suggestions for expanding and evaluating the MGOL program and a list of FAQs (and answers) for sharing with parents and administrators. The companion CD-ROM features all of the rhymes and songs as well as a complete Mother Goose on the Loose script.

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Mother Goose on the Loose
2-CD Set

The first CD contains one entire Mother Goose on the Loose program from beginning to end. The second CD has additional songs and rhymes to use in Mother Goose on the Loose programs.

Description

This 2 CD set is ideal for the teacher, day care provider, or librarian who wants to learn how to lead Mother Goose on the Loose sessions.

The first CD in the two CD set is one complete script for a Mother Goose on the Loose session. The second CD contains numerous songs and rhymes for use in additional MGOL programs.

More Rhymes and Songs for Mother Goose on the Loose CD

This CD contains a variety of time-tested songs, rhymes, and developmental tips for use in your Mother Goose on the Loose programs.

*NEW* Listen Like Learn meets Mother Goose on the Loose CD (2-CD Set)

Children and adults will enjoy listening to over 120 songs and rhymes used in the MGOL program, recorded by Rahel and Betsy.

Description

This is a 2-CD set containing with songs in the following categories:

Disc 1 (78 Songs)
Greetings, Action Songs & Rhymes Fingerplays, Body Awareness Songs, Tickling Songs, Hand Clapping, Partner Songs, Knee Bounces, Circle Dances, Animal Songs

Disc 2 (43 Songs)
Bell Ringing Songs, Scarves & Streamers, Maracas, Rattles, and Shakers, Stick Tapping Songs
Interactive Games & Songs, Lullabies, Parting Songs

“Having the repertoire of songs... is a fantastic tool for long car trips. It has really saved us.”
-Kevin, father of Fran

“My daughters love this CD! My 22-month old loves singing along with it. I love how the music is very calming yet encourages active listening.”
-Tiffany

*NEW* Listen Like Learn with Mother Goose on the Loose (Imma Avaza) Hebrew/English Edition CD

Watch your children blossom and grow as they sing, chant, & play in Hebrew and English. This one-of-a-kind CD pairs songs and rhymes in English with their Hebrew counterparts. Creative, engaging, and fun for the whole family.

Description

A great resource for educators of the Hebrew language. With the songs paired up in English and easy Hebrew, this CD can help educators who are not fluent Hebrew speakers run successful lessons.

“There is a huge need for good, singable, usable Hebrew music for very young children. Rahel & Betsy definitely fill that need with their CD. What a great way for children (and grownups) to learn Hebrew!" - Peter and Ellen Allard

*HOT OFF THE PRESS* The Early Literacy Kit: A Handbook and Tip Cards

104 developmental tip cards on all the domains of school readiness, written by Betsy Diamant-Cohen and Saroj Ghoting, connect reseach with simple activities and mention ways that parents can reinforce skills at home.

Description

These durable cards (and manual) can be useful in all programs with adults and children for children from birth up to age five. Each card has a school readiness tip written in language easy for parents to understand. On the back of each card is a related activity, directions for the activity, and/or resources.

The cards also indicate age level: Baby, Toddler, and/or Preschooler.

**NEW** Mother Goose on the Loose en Español Spanish/English Edition (2-CD Set)

Songs, rhymes, and games in Spanish and English that work will in Mother Goose on the Loose en Español programs.

Description

This 2 CD set is ideal for the teacher, day care provider, or librarian who wants to learn how to lead Mother Goose on the Loose sessions.

Each song in English is followed by a song in Spanish; the CD includes traditional Spanish children's songs as well as English language nursery rhymes. The songs as sung beautifully and clearly. With this CD, English speakers can easily learn Spanish songs and Spanish speakers can easily learn English songs!

*COMING SOON* Early Literacy Programming en Español : Mother Goose on the Loose Programs for Bilingual Learners.

Engage Spanish speakers with proven, effective, bilingual early childhood programming, even if you're not a Spanish speaker!

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Mother Goose on the Loose Canvas Bags (for storing musical instruments), toddler T-shirts, infant bodysuits, magnets, a bib, a mug, and adult shirts too!

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