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SITE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD POCKET LOVERS
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I think it's kind of funny The pockets around their faces I wish my cheeks had pockets I think it's kind of funny By Christine Petrell Kallevig Excerpt from page 83: Activities About Animals With Natural Pockets
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Hot tip: Find Free Activities at Discount School Supply as well as lots of other discounted pocket stuff.
Are you interested in attending a workshop with Christine Petrell Kallevig? Mark your calendar for October 21, 22, and 29 2010. She is presenting workshops at the Ohio Educational Library Media Association Conference in Columbus, Ohio and in Dearborn, Michigan at MAME 37, Michigan Association for Media in Education.
Download the bibliography from a recent presentation for school librarians and be amazed at the wonderful pocket themed resources available for pre-k and primary children!
10. Where else can you hide your secret stash of M&Ms? (They melt in your mouth, not in your pockets...) 9. Everybody's doing it - loving pockets, that is. (You may as well give in and go along this one time...) 8. Railroad conductors need them for their pocket watches. Otherwise their watches dangle on those long chains and snag our stockings! 7. Criminals would start stealing our fabulous, high-paying early childhood teaching jobs without so many pockets to pick. 6. Pockets unify generations, classes, races, religions, genders, and a few animals, too! (Think kangaroos, hamsters, and pelicans...) 5. Billiards would be an annoying cardio-vascular workout without them! 4. Where else would Bill Gates keep his loose millions? 3. Losing important stuff out of pocket holes is the only universally accepted excuse for running late. 2. Without pockets, rivet makers would go out of business and ruin the economy. 1. And finally, the NUMBER ONE reason to love pockets: WHAT WOULD NERDS POSSIBLY HAVE TO PROTECT WITHOUT THEM?
Are you wondering how pockets can help your preschool, kindergarden, or early childhood learners? Watch this video clip for some fresh ideas about how simple everyday pockets can benefit your early childhood classroom. Then take a look at the amazing pocket photos posted on this page. The first photo shows one of several walls of pockets created by the wonderful and enthusiastic students at an elementary school in Ridgway, PA in preparation for a visit by the popular early childhood Ohio author and professional storyteller, Christine Petrell Kallevig. Each student decorated a pocket, made something to put in it, and then wrote descriptive clues about the object. Need inexpensive supplies for your own pocket wall? Shop for Arts & Crafts on Any Budget at Discount School Supply. Here are more lesson plans and preschool pocket story ideas that were compiled and posted by the King Co. Library System. You don't need a library card to check these out online!
10. Inexpensive 9. Sturdy 8. Safe 7. Practical 6. Plentiful 5. Mysterious 4. Fun 3. Supported by tons of FREE library resources!
TIP: ALL ABOUT POCKETS reviews and cross-references 85 different picture story books and poems that feature pockets! 2. Pockets are perfect for learning games, silly songs, short stories, and finger plays, all targeted at early childhood academic, social, and motor developmental goals. Pockets work great with reading games, too. Click here for Hooked on Phonics. 1. AND FINALLY, the number one reason pockets are great learning tools: The use of pockets is already planned and organized in 126 pages full of lessons and activities in the book, ALL ABOUT POCKETS! (Which is also inexpensive, sturdy, safe, practical, etc.)
Scroll down and look at the early childhood pocket themed books and the award-winning DVD, Storywatchers Club: Keys To Imagination, listed below. These are just a few of the GREAT pocket resources that are already out there, waiting for us! Check your local library first, but if you want to read reviews, sample pages, or buy them now, just click on the links to Amazon.com where they have tons of current information and a secure credit card process. 
TOP TEN REASONS POCKETS ARE GREAT LEARNING TOOLS
Pockets are naturally....
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WHO SAYS A PENNY HAS NO VALUE? TRADE THE PENNY IN YOUR POCKET FOR A BRAND NEW BOOK! Now: $.01 For a limited time and while supplies last, you can now get a copy of All About Pockets: Storytime Activities for Early Childhood for just one cent plus media mail postage.
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Public ART is now public EDUCATION  Award-winning author Christine Petrell Kallevig wrote short articles about nine world-famous artists and their amazing outdoor sculptures in the Ohio cities of Cleveland, Akron, and Westlake. Then she developed language arts, math, art education, and social studies activities based on each sculpture and required Ohio standards.
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Storywatchers Club: Keys To Imagination was released in February 2006 and features Christine Kallevig telling the story, Penny's Paper Pocket, pages 40-42 in her book, All About Pockets. It also has five professional storytellers, including Barbara Schutzgruber (with her amazing string stories) and Charlotte Batin (dressed as Cinderella's fairy Godmother) and LOTS of funny, kid-friendly puppetry and music. Click on the DVD picture to see all its awards and rave reviews!
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