Waldorf Math Gnomes Meet the four gnome brothers who are teaching my first graders about the four processes in math: multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. I wrote a whole little story for them (no surprise there!) and put on a special puppet play to launch this math block. It was such fun and the children…
Celebrating 100,000 Downloads! Today The April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast surpassed 100,000 downloads. I am so thrilled! Thank you to my wonderful listeners in 63 countries for listening and listening again to these stories that call to me. I’ve been so busy, I feel that I’ve neglected you, but you have still been there…
Are you ready to sing? Great for car time, bed time, bath time, or anytime you need a little song to sing for Halloween. Here’s the first one. It’s called, HALLOWEEN! (of course…) Out in the night, there’s an eerie weary sound Down from the darkness and rising from the ground Witches and goblins are…
On Halloween night, all goblins gather at Great Goblin Hall to share their tales of the goblin deeds they’ve done throughout the year. But Gilbert Goblin doesn’t want to – it’s too scary! Gilbert goes to the tricky Which Witch for advice. Will she and her cat Jinxy help him or trick him? A special Halloween story…
Hello, my dear listeners! Oh, I’m so glad you are here. I’ve missed you to pieces. I’ve been teaching first grade at the Cincinnati Waldorf School and telling my students stories almost every day. But I’ve also had stories sparkling in my mind for you too. Here is a new one that is the beginning…
This is also the beginning of Season 5 of the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast. I’ve been making this podcast for 2 years now, and I’m so glad that I started it. I love my listeners so much and I have new stories coming your way in the month of July. The next one…
The first 3 stories from the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast all together became The Jemi Series. Listen in and you’ll meet a brave girl and her patient mother (who knew Jemi’s mom knew how to talk to fairies?!), help find a lost crown, and meet some delightfully sweet, funny and mischievous characters along…
To celebrate my 2 year anniversary of the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast, I’m looking back at some of the fun we had together with the first stories from the Jemi Series. I wrote a sweet, silly “Fairy Birthday Song” for the “Jemi and the Strawberry Moon” story for all the fairies to sing…
To celebrate my 2 year anniversary of the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast, I’m looking back at some of the fun we had together with the first stories from the Jemi Series. All sorts of things happen to the Fairy Prince’s crown in April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast, “Jemi and the Lost Crown”….
To celebrate my 2 year anniversary of the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast, I’m looking back at some of the fun we had together with the first stories from the Jemi Series. He plays an important role in “Jemi and the Strawberry Moon” from yesterday’s Episode 3 of the April Eight Songs & Stories Podcast….
