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YEAR END - 2009

Monday, December 28th, 2009

As the year of 2009 ends it is good to look back and see if you accomplished the goals set up in Jan. 2009.  I personally have moved a couple of the goals up to a 2010 set of goals.  Each year I fill out a new calendar and add some goals for the year.  I review what I have accomplished and what I want to accomplish in the next 12 months.

Since I am the mother of 3 and the grandmother of 7 my plans are rearranged many times throughout the year.  It is a punt and go world.

This has been a great year filled with family, friends and work. Along the way several of my new products have received awards
and been recognized by the Early Childhood world.  Appearing as a storyteller at the NAEYC conference in Washington, DC was a highlight in November.  I have also signed a contract to write a new resource book for 2010.

Lots of surprises are scheduled for 2010 and hopefully lead to new contacts and some new Keynote work.  Check the web site at www.storytellin.com for announcements and specials on storytelling products.

Wishing everyone a BLESSED, SAFE, and HAPPY NEW YEAR@

Mary Jo

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STORYTELLIN’ ADVENTURES with MARY JO

Friday, August 7th, 2009

MY FIRST BLOG
This may be short and sweet because I just figured out how to start a blog. I intend to share my adventures from conference to conference, school to school and library to library. Sharing language and building literacy is a passion I have spent a  lifetime sharing. Supporting the Arts-in-Education programs across this country is such a pleasure for this storyteller.
After 35 + years as an Early Childhood Educator I know what works and what does not work with young children. They are special, wonderful, inquisitive, sharing, hugging flowers in our vast garden of life.
Stories and songs fill my head day and night and that is why I have recorded three award winning CDs and a DVD - “Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Storytellin’ Fun!” The DVD has been awarded the Kid’s First, Dove and NAPPA awards. It was filmed at my local library with a backdrop created with stained glass…………check out the trailer on my web site and enjoy the fun.

 CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE

On Thursday I hopped a plane and flew to LAX, took a shuttle to a wonderful hotel in Beverly Hills, CA for the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators).  There are over 900 in attendance and the rooms are filled with information and wonderful people from all parts of the world.  This was an area I had no knowledge of but WOW my head is filled with words, words, words and ideas, ideas, ideas!

Working on how to add pictures to this BLOG……….need to find someone who can give me directions.

Early in LA but late in Indiana so I am staying on Indiana time for the next few days.  Back home on Monday then off to St. Louis and up to Michigan.  Updates on SCBWI later.

 

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