This series of early reading books uses phonic repetition to help children learn to read. Children who have just learned to read can enjoy the lively stories with very little guidance from an adult, gaining the experience and enthusiasm they need to become fully confident readers.

Named an "outstanding resource" in a starred review by Library Journal, Mother Goose on the Loose (MGOL) incorporates books, rhymes, fingerplays, flannelboards, music, dance, and child-parent interaction into dynamic programs that bring whole families into the library.

Bright, eye-catching color will draw children to this entertaining new board book. Children can search and find Gregory the Goose camouflaged against the background. Well-known author Hilary Robinson adds her humor and skill to this new series developed especially for toddlers and early learners.

Chaos results when a goose gets loose in the barnyard.

As Gooseberry Goose practices flying on a beautiful fall morning, his friends are preparing for winter, causing Gooseberry to wonder if there is something else he should be doing.

One day you have the chance to leave home and discover the world. Would you be excited? Or might you be a bit scared? Would you feel differently if you were a baby goose? In My Goose Got Loose, a companion book to the previously published Once Upon an Antigmule. authors James A. Reiffel, Jordan E. Kefer, and Lily I. Wise again share a story of Roseanna Ellaby. This time she lives with an extraordinary collection of animals she loves very much rather than having an adventure far away with them. Her favorite is a baby goose. When a scared moose crashes through the front door during a thunderstorm, the baby goose decides its a good time to set out on an adventure of its own. Dressed in a blue hat and wearing red shoes, the goose flies through the open door to freedom. Discover what the goose did, how it felt, the familys fears, how it finally got home, and the lesson it learned. All childrenhuman and animalare meant to grow up and go out on their own. But My Goose Got Loose tells you what can happen if a youngster is too eager to leave home too early.

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 preliteracy 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.