Local Kid’s Author Ann Lewin-Benham
Chaucer's Books
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Phone: 805-682-6787
Email: events@chaucersbooks.com
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Date & Time
Sun, Jul 31 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Address (map)
3321 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Venue (website)
Chaucer's Books
Description
Parsley, a story-poem. A child plants seeds, puppy always present. They wait . . . and wait Finally, sprouts appear, and gradually bushy plants. But . . . a huge surprise Planting instructions are at the end of the book. Activities are on the author’s website. Ideal for ages 3 to 8.
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Ann was born in Quincy, MA into a family of strong women and hardworking men. Her mother acted in the days of one-person theater and her father was in merchandising. She was raised in Manhattan and upstate New York, graduated cum laude from Bryn Mawr College, and worked for a small welfare department in rural North Carolina that took no notice of the 1960’s civil rights movement. Spurred by her son’s birth to become an educator, Ann studied with Margaret Stephenson (d. 2003), considered one of the greatest Montessori trainers. Ann has been a Montessori teacher, teacher educator, school founder/director, and children’s museum pioneer. The Model Early Learning Center, founded and directed by Ann as a school for Head Start-eligible children in Washington, D.C., is the only school accredited by the founding educators in Reggio Emilia, the wonderful schools for young children in Reggio Emilia, Italy. |