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Click on the pictures at the bottom to see ideas from 
the Dr. Jean
conferences I have attended
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Here I am on stage
with Dr. Jean in Arlington, Tx. I'm the letter "A". |
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Dr. Jean F.A.Q's
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Who is
Dr. Jean? |
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Dr. Jean
holds a Ph.D. from Georgia State University and is a nationally
known early childhood presenter, author, recording artist, and
teacher. |
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What can
I expect from her presentations and workshops?
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You do not
want to miss the opportunity to see Dr. Jean in person. She
has an energetic and enthusiastic presence on stage that captivates
the audience and has them on their feet singing and dancing from the
very first minute. Seeing Dr. Jean live has a rejuvenating
affect on teachers everywhere. When the day is over your head
will be spinning from all the ideas you will be itching to implement
in your classroom tomorrow! |
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What can
I expect from her music CD's? |
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Incorporating Dr. Jean's music into my classroom was the best thing
I have ever done in my teaching career to date. Her songs are
easy to sing, (for both students and teachers), educational, and
most importantly; fun. I can't pick just one favorite Dr. Jean
CD because I use them all, but I can list some of my very favorite
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Dr.
Jean's Silly Songs: I Like You, Cool Bear Hunt, Three Boppin
Bears, Hello Song, Time to Say Good-Bye. |
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Sing to
Learn: Alphardy, Phonercise, The Color Farm, Tooty Ta, The
Numeral Song, The Shape Song. |
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Kiss
Your Brain: Who Let the Letters Out? I've Got the Whole
Alphabet in My Mouth, Kiss Your Brain. |
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Nursery
Rhymes and Good Ol' Times: Wheels on the Bus, She'll Be Comin'
Round the Mountain, Home on the Range, and ALL the Nursery Rhymes.
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Totally
Math: Number March, Pattern song, Growing Up |
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Happy
Everything: ALL- Great for holidays, seasons, and special
events! |
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Dr.
Jean's CD, Totally Reading was released summer of '07 |
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What
about her books? |
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My very
favorite Dr. Jean books are the Teachin' Tunes series. These
books come with a CD and reproducibles to make little books of her
most popular songs that you can copy for your students to make and
use in their browsing boxes or take home (my
kids love theirs) or you can enlarge and color them so you have song
books in your class library. Some of her other titles include:
Transition Tips and Tricks for Teachers,
Transition Time, Wonderful Rooms Where Children Can Bloom,
and Ready, Set, Read! See the links below for more
information on Dr. Jean's books. |
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"The
Best of Dr. Jean" series is now being offered, this series has
great ideas from all of her fabulous workshops!
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 Dr.
Jean has teamed up with Creative Teaching Press, they have recently made
many of her popular songs into books! Now you and your students
can sing and read along at the same time! See links below. |
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Dr. Jean's Music |
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Dr Jean's Books |
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The links below will take you to
lots of great ideas and free printables on Dr. Jean's website (www.drjean.org).
She has these ideas and printables organized by months on her website,
but I have arranged them all into one easy to navigate table here for
you. Please note that not ALL of her ideas are here, just
the ones I like the most, to see all of her monthly activities please go
to:
http://www.drjean.org/html/activity.html |
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The pictures below
are from Dr. Jean's workshop and may not be copied and pasted onto other
sites. Dr. Jean has graciously allowed these pictures to be posted
here.
Dr. Jean's website
is www.drjean.org |
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The Playdough Book cover |
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Laminated,
colorful file folders that children can use to duplicate curved
and straight lines with playdough, precursor to writing. |
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This same book
could be made using regular laminated cardstock or even paper. |
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The Block Book cover |
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Laminated file folders to use with
small blocks, child duplicates design on page.
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This same book
could be made using regular laminated cardstock or even paper. |
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The Pencil Bag Book |
Take 10 pencil pouches and bind
them together with pipe cleaners. Write a number at the top
of each bag and place the corresponding number of manipulatives in
the bag to create a Number Book. You could also write simple
equations on each bag if you teach K. |
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The Bag
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Have your
students bring bags from their favorite fast food restaurants.
Use paper grocery bags to create a "Bag Book".
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Each page has the words "We eat"
written at the top. |
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What's for Breakfast? Book
Cover |
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Each page says "_____ (student's
name) eats ____ (type of cereal)."
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The Cracker Jack Book |
Cut
white paper to size of Cracker Jack box and ask each student to
draw a prize they would like to find in their box. Bind the
book together with ribbon or pipe cleaner.
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See Ya Later
Alligator Book
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Have students illustrate pictures for
this classic chant and bind into book. (See ya later
alligator, after while crocodile, chop chop lollipop, etc) |
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Wild ABC book |
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Use different types of fabrics and
textures to create a "wild" alphabet book. Some ideas are
fur, felt, glue with glitter, woven plastic etc. |
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PVC Phone book
cover |
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PVC Phone book inside:
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Glue copy of
the alphabet inside colorful file folder. Attach a PVC pipe
phone with a phone cord to the book. (You can buy phone cord
at the $ store) Students can sing or speak into the phone so
they can hear themselves reciting the alphabet. Also could be
used with Who Let the Letters Out? sound song. |
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Oreo book cover |
Use internet clip
art to decorate your Oreo book with Oreo pictures.
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Who Let the
Letters Out? game front |
This
was an idea that Dr. Jean talked about, but I didn't get a picture, so
this one is my own creation :)
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Who Let
the Letters Out? game inside |
Place 26 letters (foam or magnetic) on the black dog house.
Begin singing the Who Let the Letters Out song from Dr. Jean's Kiss
Your Brain CD and as each letter is called out, have students move
the letter to the left side of the file folder so it is "out" of the
house.
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Oreo book inside: |
Write the letters of two letter words on colorful sticky dots.
Two letter words are referred to as "Oreo words" because they have two
parts like an Oreo cookie. When you say the letters you pretend
to lick each palm like half of an Oreo cookie.
Example; "M (lick palm), Y (lick other palm) spells my (clap hands
together when you say my)!".
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Copyright
©2008 Vanessa Levin
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