What inspired you to create an ABC book with your iconic Sammy Spider? During the Covid 19 shutdown, I home schooled 3 of my grandchildren so their parents could work. The children were aged 4, 4, and 6. As a retired early childhood educator, I was comfortable with the responsibilities. The grandchildren…
Read MorePurim, Shushan “Bird” Town and My Educational Philosophy
My educational philosophy developed over time. I taught for over 30 years. I began my career as an assistant nursery school teacher when I graduated from college. My head teacher, Bernice Lieberman, was my mentor. She knew how to engage children with her story telling. She also managed to inspire…
Read MoreThe Best Purim Costume, EVER!
Enjoy Purim with an original Purim story that is available as a free PDF to parents and their children and teachers and their students. Hag Purim Sameach! Michael smiled. He had an idea for the best Purim costume, ever! After school, he went home and worked very hard to make…
Read MoreFree Edition of THE HANUKKAH FABLE OF LITTLE DREIDEL AND SILVER MENORAH and a Video of Sammy Spider’s First Hanukkah read by the author
MacLaren- Cochrane Publishing has closed and the rights have reverted to me as the author. With the consent of the illustrator, we have decided to post the book on my web site. It’s free to download for the enjoyment of children and their families and students and their teachers. Happy…
Read MoreVideo Reading of God’s World
Tikkun Olam means “fixing up the world.” Eli and his mother go out into the country and discover that Man has polluted God’s Creation. Eli’s mother explains to him what happened during the seven days of creation and how Man has changed God’s world. “But it is not too late…
Read MoreVideo Reading of Yosef’s Dream
Now a young man in Israel, Yosef remembers his past in Ethiopia, and the dream he had as a child, in which he was given a choice. Should he climb mountains with Gazelle, never belonging anywhere? Hide in the shadows, with Hyena? Or grab hold of Eagle s wings and…
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