Dena Davis
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Konbit Sante Ongoing Fundraiser
Jan-22-2010 Portland, ME>> GET DIRECTIONS
Please support a wonderful Maine organization dedicated to improving health care in Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti. They are now providing crucial medical assistance to earthquake victims arriving daily from Port-au-Prince. If you'd like to make a direct donation, please visit www.konbitsante.org.Thank you!
Support This Event >>Happy Birthday Baby
Aug-7-2010 1:00pm-3:30pm Rockport, ME>> GET DIRECTIONS
Celebrate baby's first year at the Pen Bay Medical Center's Sixth Annual Happy Birthday Baby Party! I'll be giving a talk about reading to babies!
Midcoast RDC Annual Symposium
Sep-18-2010 Wavus Camps>> GET DIRECTIONS
Annual symposium for teachers and daycare providers for children ages birth to five.
Family Fall Festival at Plants Unlimited
Oct-2-2010 tba Rockport, ME>> GET DIRECTIONS
Giant pumpkin contest! Arts and crafts vendors! Barefoot storytime!
30th Annual YMCA Holiday Bazaar and Craft Show
Nov-20-2010 10:00am-4:00pm Damariscotta, ME>> GET DIRECTIONS
Visit the YMCA in Damariscotta for holiday shopping fun!
Walking Through the Jungle
Love it in Spanish, too!
Jun-28-2009Love this catchy song and especially love the animal sounds in the Spanish version. The animals with big teeth chasing after kids might scare some. Just a warning for the sensitive ones out there.
Cleo's Color Book
Teach Simple Signs, Too!
Jun-24-2009This is a wonderful book! Colorful, lovely rhyming text with simple everyday objects. Great fun for using with language development and teaching simple signs as well as colors! My three year old still loves following Cleo as she explores her colorful world.
The Boy Who Grew Flowers
One of my favorites
Jun-24-2009I love this story! Every time I tell someone about it I get teary. I am the mother of a child with special needs, and this book hits home. It is written by a woman whose brother has autism. That the little boy in this book finds a friend who celebrates what makes him unique and finds someone to share a life with will give so many parents a hopeful feeling for their own special children. It is a lovely book to share with typical children, as well, and wlll lead to great discussions about what makes each of us special. The gentle illustrations add to the fairy tale quality of this book. I highly recommend it!
Mama Panya's Pancakes
A Child Shall Lead Them...
Jun-24-2009For me the message of this book is for adults as well as for children. Sharing and community-building are emphasized, but I also love that the message is for Mama Panya and the rest of us worried about whether we have "enough" just to trust the universe and have a giving heart. If we slow down and listen to our children, they often have a lot to teach us, don't they?
There's a Cow in the Cabbage Patch
Silly Farm Animals
Jun-24-2009The rhyming text and repetition in this book make it a favorite read aloud choice at storytimes. Children love making the different noises of each farm animal and seeing the mischief they get into as they end up in another animal's area on the farm. The farm map at the end of the book is a great vehicle for revisiting the farm vocabulary introduced in the story. I especially love the horse's and donkey's teeth! Clare Beaton has a terrific sense of humor!