May 25, 2012 Last year, after Hurricane Irene devastated the Albany area, I took my Reading, Writing & Rhyming program to Schoharie Elementary to write a song with the kids about strength and rebuilding their mostly destroyed community.
May 18, 2012 Since the Small Town Tour is in Victory Mills, which is essentially Schuylerville, I headed to Schuylerville Elementary to talk about Victory Mills. Or Victory. Confusing but it all comes together. Check out their song and the lyrics after the jump.
May 11, 2012 Because we kicked off the Small Town Tour in Hoosick Falls I thought it was a great time to visit Hoosick Falls Central School and do a song with the kids. Check out the song we did together after the jump.
May 1, 2012 You want to see creativity at work? You want to see teamwork in action? Just take a trip to Miller Hill Elementary School and observe this class. I had such a great time with Mrs. Marshall's class, I literally didn't want to leave . Here are the results below
April 29, 2012 How long has it been since the tragedy in Schoharie County? A year? Maybe it's "out of sight, out of mind" for some of us, but not if you live there. A corporation has now been formed to continue the rebuilding efforts, and I wanted to spread the word if I could have a moment of your time, because we can all still help!
April 27, 2012 Although I didn't get many people writing in for this little hamlet, I'm not bitter, because I had Michele Weiler helping me. She sent me pages and pages of stuff (thank God). Michele gets top billing for this.
April 26, 2012 Ms. Wendell's 4th graders from Poestenkill Elementary were such a great class, I wanted to give them a second blog. It all started when a student asked me if I ever made a mistake on the air. So first I told them my iPad tale of woe, and then I asked them if they ever had a similar situation. My recorder was rolling and this is what was captured
April 23, 2012 I love it when I can bring the Reading, Writing, and Rhyming School Tour to a classroom just as history is being made. A 4th grade student from Poestenkill wrote a story about a two tailed dragon, and now it's going to become a play that gets the entire class involved - and they'd now like to tell you about it in song.
April 17, 2012 I'm very excited to be able to offer this. It might be a first in the 17 years that I have been conducting the "Reading, Writing and Rhyming" school tour. See offer below - but you better act NOW
April 13, 2012 I'm not sure if you folks are aware of this, but the Reading, Writing and Rhyming school program also operates in the summer. If you are a summer school teacher or counselor, you can fill up the limited availabilies right now.
March 16, 2012 I'm so sick to death of the media ripping schools apart for the things they don't do right. You'd never know it in my book. Follow me now as we visit another great Albany area school and hear from some incredible kids on National Incredible Kids Day.
March 12, 2012 The anti- bullying crusade continues here at Townsquare Media. We are continuing to take the message to schools throughout the Capital Region through the "Reading, Writing, and Rhyming Tour", and thanks in no small part to Hannaford Supermarkets for sponsoring the program. Here's the latest song creation from the super-singers from Van Corlaer Elementary in Schenectady.