2006 MAKE-N-TAKE

 

FROG STREET PRESS

 

Frog Street Press was originated by classroom teachers Sharon Burnett, Amy Noble, and Debra Wood as they realized young children were learning and retaining information with the successful combination of music and print.  The “Sing and Read” big book collections were created while still teaching together in their classrooms!

 

As the years progressed so did their product line with over 850 items currently available.  All Frog Street Press materials have been developed and used by teachers, while building confident and successful students in classrooms across the nation.  The latest additions to Frog Street Press are “Sing and Read” Little Books, “Lilypad” Leveled Readers and Giggle Games which have received several awards including the 2006 Teachers’ Choice Award.

 

“Sing and Read” Your Way To Success

with Frog Street Press!

 

Join Frog Street Press for an exciting, interactive, and motivating session full of ideas that build phonemic awareness skills.  Build a strong literacy arts program with many dynamic early literacy and match activities, songs, rhymes, games, and much more.  During this session we will Make It, Take It, Bake It, and Shake It with ideas that are sure to energize and build enthusiasm in every pre-k and kindergarten classroom.  Learn strategies that will improve learning in a developmentally appropriate classroom setting with our “Sing and Read” Collections, “Lilypad Leveled Readers” and “Giggle Games”.  It is guaranteed to enhance a strong foundation while teaching necessary skills in your classroom throughout the entire year.

 

 

 

 

STEPHEN FITE

 

 

As long as Stephen Fite remembers, he has always loved music.  At the young age of five, he had big dreams of being the fifth Beatle.  While the whole British band thing never panned out, he has found something just as good, if not better, in playing for throngs of screaming fans - the very young variety.

 

In 1985, Fite realized his dream when he produced his first album.  In 1990, he started touring as a children’s performer and, in 1995, began booking large concerts across the South and Midwest.  In all, Fite has recorded 11 children’s albums and a live concert DVD.

 

His composing, which is geared towards pre-kindergarten and lower elementary-aged children, spans the spectrum of styles from rock to reggae.  He’s also been known to dabble in a little Dixieland and Broadway.  And while he loves the writing and production end of music, it’s the kids he most loves.

 

Stephen has received multiple awards including three Parent’s Choice awards, two Parent’s Guide Children’s Media awards, a National Association of Parent Publications (NAPPA) Gold award, and two NAPPA silver awards.

 

Fite lives in Edmond, OK, with his wife and six-year-old son.  He plays an average of 40 concert dates a year across the country and continues to run Melody House, the family business, which he took over in 1990.

MAKE - N - TAKE

 

Stephen Fite

The Magic of Music & Movement

 

This hands-on, participatory workshop will bring to teachers a new perspective on using music with children.  They will see the connection between music and movement and the active nature of the child, as well as, how music can effectively be used to meet the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical needs of young children.  Stephen will give the participants activities they can take with them and use immediately in the classroom.