Miss Lori's purpose for starting Sqedunk Children Productions is to place the importance on Nursery Rhymes and their history and value in raising children. Miss Lori is an advocate of early childhood learning and knows the importance of stimulating the young child's mind. Nursery Rhymes are an excellent way to reach a young child. Through facial expressions, singing, rhyming, hand and body movements, Nursery Rhymes are a sure way to stimulate the brain, while aiding in the connection of brain cells. Research has shown the importance of stimulating the brain in the first 3 years of life.
What are Finger Plays?
Finger Plays are valuable activities that help children acquire skills
essential to their development and learning. Finger Plays help improve
and advance memory and language skills, while also aiding in the development
of eye-hand coordination and enhancing gross and fine motor skills.
Finger Plays are essentially Nursery Rhymes that have been passed
down from generation to generation. Each storyteller has his or her
own creative style of presenting, with facial expressions, hand, feet
and body movements.
Finger Plays have captivated children for many years.
Miss Lori wanted to keep the traditional folklore of these fun finger
plays continued for centuries to come. She felt she could immortalize
these fun rhymes on video, while also reaching numbers of parents
and their children around the world. Therefore, enabling parents to
relearn the Rhymes and have the confidence to participate in their
young child's development!
History of Finger Plays
"Miss Lori" went to the Library of Congress in Washington,
DC to find the history of each Finger Play she sings. For instance,
Hickory Dickory Dock is about "Big Ben" and was first documented
as a child's rhyme in the 1700s. Another finger play "Where is
Thumb Kin", was first documented in 1710. The first words were
related to the King's servants and staff.
Most of the Finger Plays that Miss Lori sings on the video can be
traced back to 18th century England.
Endorsements
The video has quickly become a staple of the early educational market.
Toddler, Preschool and Grade School teachers have found the video
to be a great accompaniment to their curriculum.
Libraries across the country and Canada are adding Miss Lori and Sqedunk
to their children's section.
KIDS FIRST, the Coalition of Quality Children's Media, and The America
Library Association have recently endorsed "Finger Plays with
"Miss Lori."
Other Sqedunk Products
Miss Lori wrote a story to introduce Sqedunk; it is titled Sqedunk
takes a Tub Tub.
Sqedunk has two different type dolls made in his own image, and a
children's clothing line with an embroidered picture of Sqedunk on
each item.
These products, as well as the "Finger Plays with Miss Lori"
video and DVD, with an added bonus of classic cartoons, are available
at www.sqedunk.com.
The website is not only a place to order the Sqedunk products, it
is a fun, safe place on the web for children to visit. They can learn
the words to the Finger Plays, watch a couple of clips from the video
and find out when
"Miss Lori Live" will be coming to a city near them. There
is even a picture journal of Miss Lori and Sqedunk adventures!
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