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Storytelling Time - "Seaunicorns"
Imagine seahorses that live in the sky amongst the clouds and rainbows. There you'll find a family of seaunicorns. But one day, one of the seaunicorns wakes up to a problem. Her horn is gone! Tune in to find out what...
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Play-Based Learning in Public School Settings with Melysa Mei
Laura chats with Melysa Mei, of PreK Spot, to discuss the challenges and rewards of implementing play-based learning in public schools with box curricula. Melysa has administrative and family support to follow the...
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Storytelling Time - "ABC Dino"
Have you ever heard of an Ankylosaurus who's favorite food is letters of the alphabet? When you have children that are interested in letters and LOVE dinosaurs, why not mix the two into a simple, short story? Remember...
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Singing Stories: Integrating Music into Storytelling with Jocelyn Manzanarez
Laura chats with Jocelyn Manzanarez, founder of Circle Time Success and incredible singer. Through her Seattle based early childhood music education program and online resources, Jocelyn is bringing the fun back to...
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Storytelling Time - "Tea & Honey"
Tune in and listen as Laura shares a story from her life that's happening right now! She's following the journey of a family of robins from outside her kitchen window. Find out what happened when they tried to build...
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Finding the Balance Between Play and Literacy Instruction with Melissa McCall
 Laura invites Melissa McCall of Moving Little Minds to chat about early literacy, play, and explicit instruction. Both Laura and Melissa have experience in preschool classrooms where there are curricula that must...
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Storytelling Time - "The Elf"
Tune in to hear Laura tell a story that she has a familiar character and storyline. She tells this story regularly but changes parts of it along the way. The elf and it's problem is always the same, but how the elf...
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Co-Creating Materials for Storytelling to Overcome Play Barriers with Ade Hofmann
Laura chats with her pal and co-facilitator of The Nature and Play Based Consortium, Ade Hofmann. Ade is the founder of Nature Play All Day and she left over a decade of traditional teaching experience behind when she...
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Storytelling Time - "Tilla the Turtle"
Tune in to hear Laura tell a story inspired by the time she witnessed a female leather backed sea turtle laying eggs in Tortugera, a village on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. This story is a great way to incorporate...
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Embracing Your Voice as a Storyteller with Marina Boni
Laura chats with her life-long mentor, Marina Boni, a fierce storytelling advocate and program director in the Early Childhood Department in Boston Public Schools. Through their work with Boston Public Schools, Laura...
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Storytelling Time - "Grizzly Monster"
Tune in to hear Laura tell a story that incorporates a repeating refrain. Change the grizzly monster to any character easily! Children love chiming in with the refrain and may start to incorporate it into their...
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Supporting Literacy Even When It Doesn’t Look Anything Like Literacy with Stacy Benge
 In the second guest interview of season 2 of "Stories That Stick," Laura engages in a conversation with Stacy Benge, an early childhood speaker and author, who believes in the power of simple, authentic experiences...
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