Playin' With Peepers!

Mary Jo Huff was one of the keynote speakers at the UPECC this past weekend in Escanaba. If you are ever looking for a high-energy, inspiring, storytelling trainer to see..... Look for Mary Jo! In due time, I will continue to add tidbits to this blog from some of the great conferences and trainings I have been attending.

This short video clip above is from the Family Night Mary Jo offered at our conference. The clip below is from one of the workshop sessions.

Mary Jo gave us a lot of great ideas for storytelling and using props that folks are going back and putting to use immediately! I know that we have been playing with some peepers that we purchased from Mary Jo at the conference.

The children are having a great time creating stories and acting them out with their new "peeper" friends! It sounds like we will be spending some time making accessories and developing our plays! Stay tuned!

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