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Moe the Mouse™ Speech and Language Development Program
A Program of the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society
Developed for BC ACCS by Anne Gardner, SLP
and Margaret Chesterman, SLP
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Moe the Mouse™ Speech and Language Development Program consists of two primary components:
- The Moe the Mouse™ Speech and Language Curriculum Box; and
- Training workshops to train early childhood educators and parents how to use the Moe the Mouse™ Speech and Language Curriculum Box.
The Moe the Mouse™ Curriculum Box is an innovative early speech and language curriculum box that uses Aboriginal toys and stories to enhance language development in children ages 3–5. The activities and materials in the curriculum box help parents and educators provide opportunities for children to practise language skills in natural settings. Doing these activities helps children develop the following speech and language skills: social language use, comprehension of spoken words, vocabulary, discrimination of speech sounds, ability to pronounce speech sounds, knowledge of preposition words (e.g. above, beside), and the ability to express feelings and ideas. These activities become part of the regular early learning and child care program curriculum and do not require specialized clinicians nor do they need to take place in clinical settings.
Making the Most of Moe: A Workshop for Parents and Early Childhood Educators is a workshop developed and owned by Anne Gardner, SLP and Margaret Chesterman, SLP, the two Speech-Language Pathologists who developed the Moe the Mouse™ Speech and Language Curriculum Box for the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society (BC ACCS). Making the Most of Moe workshops are scheduled by BC ACCS and presented throughout BC, and are facilitated by either Anne Gardner or Margaret Chesterman on contract to BC ACCS. The workshop is five hours and utilizes audio‑visual equipment as well as print resources to train early childhood educators and parents how to use the Moe the Mouse™Speech and Language Curriculum Box.
ORDERING A CURRICULUM BOX and/or ARRANGING A WORKSHOP
Click Here to download our Moe the Mouse™ Information Sheet
Please contact Lynn McBride, Child Care Advisor for the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society, to purchase or borrow a Moe the Mouse™ Curriculum Box, and/or to host or attend a training workshop:
Phone: 604.913.9128, extension 225
Fax: 604.913.9129
E-mail: Lynn@acc-society.bc.ca
Training workshops:
Each workshop session can accommodate up to 35 participants (20 to 25 participants is ideal). On a case-by-case basis, ACCS and the facilitators will consider requests to train a larger group in a single session. Please contact Lynn McBride if you wish to arrange for this.
Borrowing or purchasing a Moe the Mouse™ Curriculum Box:
The BC Aboriginal Child Care Society currently has two Moe the Mouse™ Curriculum Boxes available for loan (for a 4 week loan), and we also take orders for those who wish to purchase a Moe the Mouse™ Curriculum Box. You must take the full day training before you borrow or buy the Curriculum Box. You can order the Curriculum Box (for loan or purchase) at the same time as you schedule your training workshop. The current purchase price is $500 per Curriculum Box.
You can expect delivery of your Curriculum Box in time for your workshop provided that the Curriculum Box is ordered at least 4 weeks in advance of the workshop date. For Curriculum Boxes ordered at the workshop or following the workshop, delivery can be expected within 4 to 6 weeks.
Funded training and/or curriculum boxes:
The BC Aboriginal Child Care Society may have access to funding which might make your centre or program eligible to receive training and/or a Moe the Mouse™ Curriculum Box at no cost to your centre or program. Not all centres and programs are eligible. Please inquire about this possibility when you call to arrange training and/or to order a Moe the Mouse™ Curriculum Box.
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