INTERVIEW WITH SYLVIA ROUSS BY STORYBOOK LADY APRIL 24, 2026 Sylvia Rouss is best known for her Sammy the Spider series, and I have been a fan since my children were little. She published her most recent Sammy book last year, but she has also recently written about preschool, bugs…
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PURIM FUN
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…
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Purim, 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…
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The 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…
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Join Morah Elana for a video-reading of “Sammy Spider’s First Purim”
Parents and children, and teachers and students may enjoy visiting four of my earlier posts about Purim. 1. Click here for “A New Retelling of the Purim Story for Young Children” A long, long time ago in a town called Shushan there lived a king named Ahashverosh. King Ahashverosh liked…
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SAMMY SPIDER ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM A PRESCHOOL CLASS
A preschool class at the Buffalo Jewish Community Center wrote me and Sammy Spider because the children are learning about authors. The class concluded their request by writing, “It is always amazing when we can help the children understand that authors are real people too.” MAYBE YOU WILL WRITE TO…
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