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Book Presentations 

and 

Interactive Storytimes

 

 

 

 

WORLD READ ALOUD Day 2024!

 

Wednesday, February 7
 
 

I had so much fun reading to two different schools in New York, and two more in Texas.  I read my books and danced with preschoolers, elementary classrooms, a deaf ed class, and in one school, three kindergarten classes simultaneously!
 
Connie with fellow children's authors Rebecca EF Barone, Emma Carlson Berne, and Mary Kay Carson

BOOKS BY THE BANKS

November 18, 2023

Cincinnati, Ohio

BUCKEYE BOOK FESTIVAL 2023

 

 

 

Over 100 Ohio Authors and Illustrators gathered in Wooster, Ohio.  What a wonderful event!

TAP AND RAP, MOVE AND GROOVE BOOK LAUNCH!

 

October 14, 2023

 

Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, Ohio

QUEEN CITY BOOK BANK, July, 2023

Interacting with young readers!

Queen City Book Bank 

 

"QCBB strives to eliminate barriers to book access for our region's young readers and serve as a focal point to elevate the community literacy partners who provide such critical services to children."

 

 

 

CINCY BOOK RACK, July, 2023

LOCAL AUTHOR FESTIVAL

Cincy Book Rack -- a wonderful local bookstore in Cincinnati 
 

READ ALOUD CPS!
 

Read Aloud Day at Cincinnati Public Schools, March, 2023!
Reading to PreK, Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade Students on Read Aloud CPS Day
Making "Y" shapes and dancing, after reading "FROM A TO Z WITH ENERGY!

QUEEN CITY BOOK BANK

 

Supporting their mission of literacy outreach, and guaranteeing book access for all children!

 

 

 

November, 2022

Cincinnati, Ohio

 

 

With local author Kristy High

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the article in Hyde Park Living, January/February 2023, entitled:

 

         Queen City Book Bank Inspires Connected Literacy Community

 

Local children's book authors. Kristy High and Connie Dow, made the
day even more special, donating some of their own brand-new books and signing them for quests who visited. Both of these women are amazing ambassadors promoting liteeracy in our community and the QCBB was thrilled to have them join in the celebratory Day.

 

Thank you, Cincinnati Book Bank, for all the great work you do, getting books into the hands of children!

 

 

Reading and then dancing (on Zoom) with preschoolers in Vermont
 

 

 

World Read Aloud Day

           

             2-2-2022!

 

 

 

 

Keynote Speaker

 

Southeast Michigan United Way Early Childhood Conference (Virtual)

 

"MOVING AND GROOVING"

 

August, 2020

 
 
 
VIRTUAL STORY TIME AT THE

BOOKWORM OF EDWARDS, COLORADO!

 

 

 

Reading and dancing with fellow author Valerie Bolling ("Let's Dance"), and children's musician Sarah Hopkins, March, 2020!

"DANCE THE ALPHABET!"

 

 

 

 

Virtual Presentation for Kids & Company

Toronto, Canada

 

May, 2020

 
Vail, Colorado Public Library, March, 2020 

       

 

 

 

 

 

Special story time

 

"From A to Z with Energy!" 
       

 

 

 

School Visit to Mechanicsburg, OH

February, 2020

 

 

It was so much fun reading and dancing with the preschoolers, kindergartners, and first graders!

"From STEM to STEAM to STREAM

 Dancing Across the Early Childhood Curriculum"

 

Presentation at NAEYC 2019 Conference, November 21, Nashville, Tennessee

 

Please check out my blog post from September, 2018 (Dancing Down the STREAM:  Movement Activities about Water) for material and lesson plans relating to this presentation

Kathy Brodie interviews Connie for the Early Years Summit

 Skip, Turn & Hop into Teaching ECE Math and Language Arts through Movement     

 

Early Childhood Investigations Webinars

 

October, 2019

     Romping through the alphabet at

     Books By The Banks, October, 2019

     Cincinnati, OH

Reading and dancing at

Green Bean Books

Portland, Oregon, August, 2019

 

Flash mob dance on the Quad at Denison University, Granville, Ohio, April, 2011. Dance was choreographed by Connie, along with students from the Denison University Dance Department.

Reading and dancing at Joseph Beth

Bookstore, Crestview Hills, Kentucky,

July, 2019

Reading and dancing at the

Joseph Beth Bookstore

Cincinnati, July, 2019

Reading and Dancing at

Blue Manatee Literacy Project,

Cincinnati, April, 2019

Reading From A to Z with Energy!

Ohioana Book Festival 

April 2019

Columbus Metropolitan Library

Leading a dance activity

Columbus, Ohio, April, 2019

View Webinar Here! 

WEBINAR 

 

 

Skip, Turn, & Hop into Teaching ECE Math and Language Arts Through Movement
June 12, 2019

Ohio Early Childhood Conference

OAEYC, Sandusky, Ohio, April, 2019

 

My workshop was entitled 

STEM to STEAM to STREAM:  Dancing Across the Early Childhood Curriculum

 

 

Global Water Dances, Cincinnati

Dancing with friends

Cincinnati Riverfront  

Global Water Dances Day, 2015

NAEYC Conference, 2012

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN 

(NAEYC) Conference

Ohioana Book Festival, 2011

Flash mob dance at OAEYC!

Ohio Association for the Education 

of Young Children (OAEYC) Conference

Columbus, Ohio, 2012

Flash Mob Dance during keynote address,

choreographed by Connie

4C for Children Keynote Address, Cincinnati, 2012

4C for Children Conference

Keynote Address

Connie with musician David Kisor

Cincinnati, 2012

Read and Dance Activity at Blue Manatee Bookstore, Cincinnati, 2012

Zak Morgan and Connie,

OAEYC Conference

Columbus, Ohio, 2011.

 Presentation:  Dance, Sing, Learn!  

Enliven Early Childhood Programs

with Movement and Music

Flash mob dance

Cincinnati Dance Happening!

choreographed and presented by Connie and

  Linda Kean, Renee McCafferty,

and Maureen Teller

 August, 2009, Fountain Square,

        Cincinnati, Ohio

Connie and Grammy-nominated musician Zak Morgan giving the keynote address at the at the

Bowling Green (OH)

33rd Annual Early Childhood Conference, 2009