E104 - Storytelling in Early Childhood Education: Using Songs and Puppets to Engage Young Learners

Episode Overview

In this episode, we sit down with Mary Jo Huff, a distinguished children's book author and early childhood educator whose lifelong love of storytelling has shaped generations of young readers. With four published books to her name — and another already in progress — Mary Jo shares the story behind her journey from classroom storyteller to published author, and how her years of teaching continue to inform every book she writes.

We dig into her newest release, "The Predictable Persimmon," a story rooted in folklore, community, and her personal experience at the annual persimmon festival in M...