Tonie Time

Get ready to hear many unique uses for the Creative-Tonies that your kids will have fun with and that will serve as parenting resources for you! We’re talking about managing emotions, incentives, messages from relatives, the power of children hearing positive affirmations in their own voice, and much more!

A big thank you to Ashley, Stephanie, Taylor and Kelly for telling us a little bit about their families and how they use the Creative-Tonies.

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Richman Elementary School principal Kristen Holm discusses her journey to become a teacher as well as tonies' recent storytime and donation event with LeVar Burton.

Judith Fly and Jenny VanDingstee join us to talk about their mutual affinity for tonies, which led to creating Toniebox USA, a Facebook fan group dedicated to tonies. They share admin responsibility and have overseen growth of the group to over six thousands members.

Big Congratulations to 2nd grade teacher Amanda Alba for graduation with her Masters of Science in Curriculum and Instruction! We’re so excited to talk to her today about her love of education and achievement.

Alba teaches 2nd grade at Navy Hale Keiki School in a military community in Honolulu. She is an IMSE Certified teacher (Institute for Multi-Sensory Education).

Recently honored in Epic Blog for Master Teacher of Month (https://www.getepic.com/learn/master-teacher-of-the-month-amanda-alba/) for her ideas and inspiration for parents and teachers to help children develop a love for reading.

Alba shares how she uses Tonieboxes in her classroom to facilitate multi-sensory learning, social and emotional learning, adjusting to family deployments and movement with the GoNoodle Toniebox.

Follow her on IG @alohamrsalba

Announcements:

LeVar event coming up:

• Facebook RSVP: https://fb.me/e/3x4hTI3LS
• LeVar landing: tonies.fun/levar
• Live Stream link: http://bit.ly/fsdinnovationonyoutube

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Meet special guests Laura Antonacci and Alex Mitnick, Emmy winning children’s content creator.

Today we  discuss the process for developing content for a Tonie - the music, the story, licensing content and creating original content.

American Economic Journal Article on Education

https://www.aeaweb.org/research/school-spending-student-outcomes-wisconsin

New research shows additional spending on operations—such as teacher salaries and support services—positively affected test scores, dropout rates, and postsecondary enrollment. But expenditures on new buildings and renovations had little impact.

Links:

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  Alex & the Kaleidoscope

  https://www.alexandthekaleidoscope.com/

   

  LeVar Burton Event coming up:

  • Facebook RSVP: https://fb.me/e/3x4hTI3LS
  • LeVar landing: tonies.fun/levar

  Live Stream link: http://bit.ly/fsdinnovationonyoutube

  Reach out to us [email protected]

Let’s zoom in on how a Toniebox is actually used in a classroom.

Say hello to Chelsea Botkin, Daisy Beaver, and Andrea Kennedy - a phenomenal teacher team from Lee County Primary School, GA.

These three teachers are doing amazing work with children in a small, rural and underserved community in Georgia.

Chelsea was one of our recent teacher features! She wrote this:

“I teach 2nd grade in a small, rural, economically disadvantaged school system in Southwest Georgia. I am always looking for new ways to engage my students and help them develop a love for reading. I found Tonibox at the end of the school year and was instantly hooked. I knew I had to incorporate this into my daily school/teaching routine. I began looking at the ways we could use the Toniebox in the classroom. I spoke with other teachers and we put some ideas together. One way I use the Toniebox in the classroom is as a recognition tool to highlight the students in my class. A student is drawn each week. That student receives an “All About Me” poster to fill out. They choose a book on their instructional level or below to practice for the week. On Thursday, the student goes to a special place to record the book they have practiced all week. On Friday, we play the recording for the whole class. The other students then fill out a paper about what they liked about that friend and their reading. I put them all together and the student gets to keep the encouraging letters. My students LOVE this! They are so thrilled each week to see what book their peer has chosen and to encourage them as well.”  

Listen in to hear how Andrea and Daisy are using their Tonieboxes, as well and to hear their advice to teachers just getting started.

Thank you for listening to our second episode. Thank you Andrea, Daisy and Chelsea for being our first guests!  To join Tonies for Teachers, email us at [email protected]. Please subscribe and share it with your friends.

Live Stream link: http://bit.ly/fsdinnovationonyoutube

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Welcome to Tonie Time! Today you’ll learn all about the different uses and settings of our Tonieboxes and how they are used in nurseries, classrooms, car rides, libraries, museums and more. In this podcast you can expect to hear from experts in play, literacy, and early childhood development. We’ll also discuss other screen-free ideas and options for learners!

Meet Kim Klett and hear about how her Montessori background has brought such a richness to her role at Tonie Time.

Meet Drew Vernon, learn about his journey from LEGO to tonies, and hear him talk about the Tonies for Teachers initiative.

• Levar Burton Storytime Live Stream & Chance for Donation Partnership March 15 at 9AM Pacific. Facebook RSVP: https://fb.me/e/3x4hTI3LS LeVar landing: tonies.fun/levar

  Live Stream link: http://bit.ly/fsdinnovationonyoutube

   

Well, that about does it. Thank you for listening to our first episode. Hope you liked it. Please subscribe and share it with your friends. We’ll do a Toniebox giveaway in our amazing Facebook community, Toniebox USA. To learn more contact us [email protected]