http://www.nomonsterhere.com Playing hide and seek is exciting when you’re looking for a monster! Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:06:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We just attended the 2011 Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Trade Show at The Depot in Minneapolis. We met a lot of wonderful people, saw some amazing books, and had a fantastic time. http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2011/09/23/548/ Membership in The National Association For The Education of Young Children , also known as NAEYC means you get some awesome books.  I’ve been reading Ellen Galinsky’s book: MIND IN THE MAKING: SEVEN ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS. And I’m struck by the way the boys in NO MONSTER HERE demonstrate and ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2011/02/21/530/   As a fundraiser for ECEN, which stands for Early Childhood Educators Network, a student group at Shasta College, we presented a workshop based on No Monster Here.  This was a great way to spend a morning. The participants were great!  We talked about how to expand learning using a picture ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2011/01/02/no-monster-here-workshop-on-dec-42010/ Books about monsters were always a hit in our childcare center and elementary school. Children and grown-ups loved sharing books that let us stretch our imaginations.  In his book, Where the Wild Things Are , Mercer Mayer let Max journey to the land of the wild things and become their king. ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2010/05/17/why-do-kids-love-books-about-monsters/ Here's Georgia, showing us her favorite picture in her book, No Monster Here! http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2010/05/15/this-is-my-favorite/ There are wonderful monsters in our monster art gallery now. We've received  art work through email and at events. On March 22nd, we went to Tremont Elementary in Dixon, CA. The students were wonderful. They talked about the book, sang the No Monster Here Song and drew their own versions ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2010/04/02/all-kinds-of-monsters/ Last November, Colleen & Tim presented to professor, storyteller and singer, Francie Dillon’s Literature for Children class at California State University in Sacramento. [caption id="attachment_325" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Francie Dillon (right) leading a class discussion."][/caption] We read the book to the class and spoke about the process of creating No Monster Here from ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2009/12/24/francie-dillion-early-childhood-classroom/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Alyssa reading to the children at Marian University preschool in Fond du Lac, WI."][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Coloring!"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Color Crayons"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Finished Monster Art!"][/caption] Last week we had Alyssa's first couple of book readings of No Monster Here. She did two readings ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2009/12/01/alyssas-first-book-reading/ In 2000, Alyssa Scholz Thomas and Andrea Learn created a stop motion animation entitled "Jacob's Monster" for their animation class at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Jacob's Monster was based on the story "Charlie and the Monster", written by Colleen McGarvey Thomas, which was the inspiration for what No ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2009/11/01/before-no-monster-here/ Bella Bru sponsored a No Monster Here event this week and made special monster cookies for the kids. They look yummy! What do you think? http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2009/11/01/bella-bru-no-monster-here-event/