Gellini's Special Gift - Johnson, Colleen Whalen

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Résumé :
Gellini is a child of a circus clown family. It is her birthday. Gellini receives a gift that allows her to perform in the Big Top Circus show with her family. All is not so easy as Gellini struggles with her new gift. It takes the whole family to help Gellini so that she can share her special gift with the circus audience. Join Gellini and enjoy the show. It's her birthday! Gellini is so excited! Mama and Papa Clown have given her just what she wanted. But, all is not so easy. Gellini, with the help of her two friends, a miniature elephant and a hedgehog, learns how to use her new birthday present and shares a special gift of her own. Join us in the whimsical world of Gellini....

Biographie:
Hello, I am Colleen Whalen Johnson and I love stories especially sharing them with others. I truly enjoy the uplifting experience of children enjoying stories both fiction and nonfiction. Through my experience of raising three boys as well as my many years as an educator, I have read hundreds of stories to children. As an author, my goal is to bring that same joy to children and their families with my own stories. I began my journey working with children at the age of nine. I volunteered for two summers at a Head Start summer camp for preschoolers. Later in life I got a little derailed from becoming a teacher and picked it back up as adult with three children of my own. I became reacquainted with the world of special education through two of my sons requiring services through the public school system. Then I began volunteering again, participating on committees at both the local and state level in special education. In addition to volunteering, I subbed in classrooms for the public school system. I landed several times in a classroom for early childhood students with disabilities. I knew I had found my career home. I landed a job as a teaching assistant in the same classroom as the one I subbed in. I went on to get my masters degree in special education with licenses in Early Childhood Special Education and Administration and Supervision Pre-k through 12th grade. In addition, I have been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. I held many positions such as the Teaching Assistant, Teacher, Consultant Teacher, Assistant Principal, and finally Special Education Supervisor. Interestingly, I kept writing on the back burner continuing to develop stories for my idea file. I actually wrote Gellini when my sons were very young. In all my classrooms, I used literature and story to guide my curriculum and activities. I have kept myself surrounded by story. So it was no surprise that after my retirement from the public school system, I turned to writing as my new vocation....

Sommaire:
Hello, I am Colleen Whalen Johnson and I love stories especially sharing them with others. I truly enjoy the uplifting experience of children enjoying stories both fiction and nonfiction. Through my experience of raising three boys as well as my many years as an educator, I have read hundreds of stories to children. As an author, my goal is to bring that same joy to children and their families with my own stories. I began my journey working with children at the age of nine. I volunteered for two summers at a Head Start summer camp for preschoolers. Later in life I got a little derailed from becoming a teacher and picked it back up as adult with three children of my own. I became reacquainted with the world of special education through two of my sons requiring services through the public school system. Then I began volunteering again, participating on committees at both the local and state level in special education. In addition to volunteering, I subbed in classrooms for the public school system. I landed several times in a classroom for early childhood students with disabilities. I knew I had found my career home. I landed a job as a teaching assistant in the same classroom as the one I subbed in. I went on to get my masters degree in special education with licenses in Early Childhood Special Education and Administration and Supervision Pre-k through 12th grade. In addition, I have been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. I held many positions such as the Teaching Assistant, Teacher, Consultant Teacher, Assistant Principal, and finally Special Education Supervisor. Interestingly, I kept writing on the back burner continuing to develop stories for my idea file. I actually wrote Gellini when my sons were very young. In all my classrooms, I used literature and story to guide my curriculum and activities. I have kept myself surrounded by story. So it was no surprise that after my retirement from the public school system, I turned to writing as my new vocation....