Album Notes

Winner of the second annual Godfrey Away for Excellence in Public Library Services for Families and Children, Mother Goose on the Loose (TM)is a nursery rhyme program for children from birth to age three with a parent or caregivers. Presented in public libraries as well as childcare settings, it incorporates proven principles of child development with a hands-on program providing practical implementation. Circle times can be enriched by using activities developed through this program; the adult education component can be used to teach family participants the benefits of repeating these rhymes with their children at home.

Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen is holds a B.A. from Brandeis University (Sociology) an MLS from Rutgers University, a DCD (Doctorate in Communications Design) from the University of Baltimore, and a Certificate of Distinction in Barbara Cass-Beggs' Your Baby Needs Music program. In 2004, she was named a "Mover and Shaker" by Library Journal. In the late 1980s, Dr. Diamant-Cohen incorporated the "Listen, Like, Learn" approach of Barbara Cass-Beggs with traditional storytime elements to create Mother Goose on the Loose(TM). This program has been running steadily ever since.

For more information about Mother Goose on the Loose or about booking workshops, visit: www.mgol.org. To order copies of the manual for designing and running Mother Goose on the Loose programs, visit:

http://www.neal-schuman.com/bdetail.php?isbn=1555705367

Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen is currently the Early Childhood Specialist at Port Discovery Children's Museum in Baltimore, MD and Executive Director of Mother Goose on the Loose, LLC.


Accompanying Diamant-Cohen on the CD is Rahel. Educator, singer/songwriter, guitarist, folk musician, and mother, Rahel holds a B.Sc. in the Arts (Musical and Theater Arts for Children) from Empire State College (SUNY), and a Certificate of Distinction in Barbara Cass-Beggs' Listen, Like, Learn music program for babies and young children.