Mimi's Motifs Educational/Storytelling Toys

Interactive Storytelling Visual Literacy Props

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NEW, EXCLUSIVE PROPS FOR 2012-2013

The BUCKET BOOKS’ props are NOW AVAILABLE; pictures will be posted soon. Please e-mail mimi@mimismotifs.com and/or call (877) 367-6464 for specific information.

What happens when the woodland animals fall into a hole? Find out here!

EXCLUSIVE PROPS FOR 2010-2011

	Find out why the Cow Loves Cookies, in this brand new story.

EXCLUSIVE PROPS FOR 2009-2010

	Come see our rendition of this timeless tale.

		Who are you? Check it out here!
	You won't believe what those Old Ladies are eating now! Click here to find out.

	I KNOW AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED HALLOWEEN, I KNOW AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED THANKSGIVING, WHO ARE YOU?, CHICKEN LITTLE.

EXCLUSIVE ITEMS FOR 2008-2009

		Hide and Seek Mouse and Bear; check it out here!
	Check out the newest in our DRESS-ME-UP props!
	HIDE AND SEEK MOUSE AND BEAR, DRESS-ME-UP TORTOISE, and PACHYDERM PUZZLE

Dewey Puppet
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MELVIL DEWEY HAND PUPPET AND CATEGORY FINGER PUPPETS

Don't miss Judy Freeman's amazing, brand new book: BOOKS KIDS WILL SIT STILL FOR 3: A READ-ALOUD GUIDE. Guess what? You will find our own Mr. Dewey highlighted on page 87. Click Here!

Judy offers some excellent lesson plan suggestions for teaching the Dewey Decimal System.

"Mimi's materials are excellent ways for young children, teachers, and parents to stimulate and enrich language and literacy growth during early childhood years. Children need to touch and hold the artifacts of literacy and to be exposed to high quality literature that creates a sense of curiosity and wonderment about themselves, each other, and their expanding worlds."

Dr. Daniel Reed Meier
Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
Ph.D., Language and Literacy
San Francisco State University
Author of LEARNING IN SMALL MOMENTS and more.

HERE'S THE STORY: USING NARRATIVE TO PROMOTE YOUNG CHILDREN'S LANGUAGE AND LITERACY LEARNING, the newest publication by Dr. Daniel Reed Meier.

You can purchase these books though Teacher's College Press.

Mimi’s cousin, Andrew Meier, a former Moscow correspondent for TIME magazine, has written a fascinating biography about an American who spied for the Russians during Stalin's reign. If you are interested in learning more about THE LOST SPY, AN AMERICAN IN STALIN’S SECRET SERVICE, please click www.thelostspy.com.

Finger Puppets

Props A-Z

Robert Ellis, a close family friend of Mimi's family, has written a novel entitled COURAGE TO LOVE. Check it out at amazon.com.


	WHY EPOSSUMONDAS HAS NO HAIR ON HIS TAIL by Coleen Salley is NOW AVAILABLE. Who is Epossumondas? Why he is his human mama's and his auntie's sweet little patootie.