Resources

Turtles in Ties Events

August 17, 2007
James River Day School Spanish Camp
Lynchburg, VA
Turtles in Ties will do a Spanish/art project with the 3-4 year old campers as well as the preK/1 campers.
July 1 - 28, 2007
VA Governor’s Residential Math, Science and Technology School, Lynchburg College
Kristin will be teaching Flash animation/web design to outstanding technology high school students from all over the state of Virginia.
June 1 - 3, 2007
BookEXPO, New York, New York
Turtles In Ties will be at our distributors booth, Blu Sky Media Group with posters and examples of projects we do with children at schools and book store events as well as previewing “Bees Buzz & Lions Roar/Las abejas zumban y los leones rugen.” Stop by and see us.
May 8, 2007
James River Day School Book Fair Family Night, Lynchburg, VA
May 4 - May 11, 2007
Kristin will be a judge in the 2007 ThinkQuest New York City Internet Challenge. This year 4,000 students are competing in teams to create educational interactive media.
April 26, 2007, 6 pm
Elizabeth’s Early Learning Center, Lynchburg, VA
Kristin Reiber Harris will speak to the PTO about reading to young children and talk about the bilingual DVD “Bees Buzz & Lions Roar/Las abejas zumban y los leones rugen”

Bilingual Education

Online article about benefits of bilingualism and early second language learning: http://toddlerstoday.com/resources/articles/trilingual.htm
The National Network for Early Language Learning is an educational community providing leadership in support of successful early language learning and teaching.
http://www.nnell.org/
“Are Children Language Sponges?”
http://www.nnell.org/documents/home_school/March_07.pdf
The Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network is made up of families around the world who are raising their children bilingually and/or biculturally.
http://www.biculturalfamily.org
They publish an online magazine, Multilingual Living
http://www.biculturalfamily.org/magazine.html
Kristin Reiber Harris, creative director of Turtles In Ties wrote an article in the March issue of Multilingual Living about her experiences as a teenager living with a family in Mexico.

Media for Young Children: Studies and Parents Guides

Navigating the Children’s Media Landscape - A Parent’s and Caregiver’s Guide
Authored by the American Institutes for Research and released by Cable in the Classroom and National PTA
http://www.ciconline.org/parentsguide
Children’s Digital Media Center
http://cdmc.georgetown.edu
Paper about how children learn through interactive entertainment media
http://cdmc.georgetown.edu/papers/Role_of_Interactivity_and_Identity.pdf

Our Favorite Schools

Elizabeth’s Early Learning Center, Lynchburg, VA
Kristin is currently visiting Elizabeth’s Early Learning Center every week to read and make art with the children
http://www.crablegs.com/olga/eelc/
Brooksfield School, McLean, Virginia
Kristin’s daughter attended this school for four years
http://www.brooksfieldschool.org/index.html
Lemon Road Elementary School, Falls Church, VA
This is one of the most exceptional elementary schools we know. We were involved with this school as parents and then as volunteers for over 10 years
http://www.fcps.edu/LemonRoadES

Art for Kids

Educational Sites

Videatives (text + digital video clips) make general principles of child development and early education come to life. Students will learn to “see what children know”, not by testing, but by careful observation.
http://www.videatives.com
http://www.edvisors.com/

Our Friends and Associates

Stuart Ridgway, composer extraordinaire
http://www.pyramidmusic.com
Cecilia Domeyko, Spanish and English voice talent, script translation
Cecilia is a world class journalist and producer and president of Accent Media
www.accentmediainc.com
Vanessa Richardson, voice talent, artist
http://www.vrillustration.com/