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Marvelous May! May/2008
Dear FableFriends,
 
Springtime at FableVision has been full of amazing events, meeting friends new and old, and sparking creativity and imagination with our latest classroom products.

We are thrilled with the wonderful feedback you have given us on Animation-ish, SmartMoves and Wings of EPOH.  You let us know that these products are making a real difference in your classrooms and practices, which is the true measure of their success.  Please keep sending your stories and feedback as we love hearing from you!

Meanwhile, in our Studio, we have been busy working on projects with Reading Is Fundamental to create support materials for parents, the Girls Scouts of the USA to develop a board game that teaches friendship skills, and Outside the Classroom to build an interactive website for educating college-age students about alcohol awareness.

Lastly, we're pleased to share that Peter H. Reynolds has been recognized as a Verizon Foundation Literacy Champion. Peter was lauded for his on-going efforts supporting literacy and creativity,  through both FableVision's mission and his personal commitments to schools and organizations to raise community awareness, increase funding, and garner support for literacy programs.

We hope that spring has brought you the same sense of wonder, excitement and energy that we are feeling at FableVision!

Wishing you the best,


Jane Reynolds

Jane Reynolds
Executive Partner, FableVision


Kamehameha Hawaii Elementary School promotes Stationery Studio Class2Home at Family Summit! 
Aÿo aku, aÿo mai.  E ÿimi käkou i ka ulu mau ë.
(We teach & we learn.  We seek continuous growth.)

Photo of parents in Hawaii practicing SmartMoves
Smart Parents Practicing SmartMoves!

Earlier this spring, FableVision was delighted to receive a request from Kamehameha Hawaii Elementary School for 120 copies of Stationery Studio
via our Class2Home Program for their annual Family Summit, "Spring 'Ohana Summit 2008".

The family summit invited families with children in grades K-2 to spend a Saturday to become more familiar with what their children were learning in school with an emphasis on writing, artwork, and publishing.  All the parents had an opportunity to use Stationery Studio and return home with their own copies!
When parents have the same technology tools at home, they can reinforce the learning process and support the classroom activities.

Marcie Saquing, the Family Parent Educator, reported back to us that the Family Summit was a big hit -as was FableVision's Stationery Studio! Marcie reports:  I had the parents sit at the MAC's that we have in our learning center.  I reviewed some quick navigation steps and had the parents all write a quick memo to their child using the program.  We printed them up right there and they were able to take it home!  It was great!  When we were done with that piece, I introduced SMARTMOVES to them!  THEY LOVED IT!!

Did you know? If your school has a Stationery Studio Building License, you can offer Stationery Studio to parents at a significant discount, just like Kamehameha did. Click here for more information on the
Class2Home Program.
PowerPlay In The Classroom
Can Online Games in the Classroom Reach the Students We're Leaving Behind?


This was the question posed by FableVision's President, Paul Reynolds and Vice President Gary Goldberger at this year's MICCA conference.

 

Paul and Gary captured their audience from the start and presented compelling reasons to consider gaming as yet another vehicle for students to learn.  Along with personal stories, research, fabulous partners (MIT and Maryland Public Television), and the FableVision Studio team, they offered a sneak preview of a new online game to teach pre-Algebra in middle school called The Lure of the Labyrinth.  Paul and Gary issued an invitation to educators and students to join the game development team as co-researchers.  If you missed this keynote, there will be another opportunity to hear Paul and Gary at NECC in San Antonio!


Teacher's Corner
Mother's Day Recipe Book
Mother's Day Cookie Recipe

The first graders at Dove Elementary (GrapeVine, TX) have cooked up something sweet with Stationery Studio! This past Mother's Day, Ms. Katie Neal, Mrs. Strong and Ms. Daugherty had their students create a special Mother's Day Recipe Book. They asked each student to choose a favorite dish made by his or her mother, and then asked each student to write how they thought their mother prepared it. The final collaboration, with recipes typed into Stationery Studio, printed and bound to make the book, turned out to be a delightful treat. Ms. Neal says, "I do not correct the spelling unless it is unrecognizable. That is what makes the recipes so cute!"


With Father's Day and Flag Day quickly approaching, be sure to check out the Fall & Spring Holidays and Seasons Add-On Bundle, which increases the total number of borders and shapes in Stationery Studio from 226 to 306 - created by award-winning children's book authors/illustrators Peter H. Reynolds and John Lechner. Additional cross-curricular activities are also included.


FableVision & Homeschool Buyers Cooperative Partnership Extended

Homeschool Buyers Co-op
The success of our partnership with the Homeschool Buyers Cooperative, the nation's largest purchasing cooperative for homeschooling families, serving over 23,000 homeschool families, is being extended due to popular demand!

Initially, The
Homeschool Buyers Cooperative introduced FableVision's highly popular online vocabulary program Get A Clue (designed for middle and high school students) to its extended universe of homeschoolers. Now Stationery Studio and BrainCogs have been added to their offerings.  We encourage you to visit the Homeschool Buyers Co-op.
Constructing Modern Knowledge
Peter H. Reynolds joins Alfie Kohn, Bob Tinker, Gary Stager, and Cynthia Solomon at Summer Learning Event on July 28-31, 2008, Manchester, NH

Constructing Modern Knowledge

Constructing Modern Knowledge is a hands-on/minds-on institute for educators committed to fostering 21st century skills through creativity, collaboration and computing. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in intensive computer-rich project development with peers and a world-class faculty. Inspirational guest speakers and social events round out this fantastic event.
  
For more information, click here.

FableVision on the MOVE!
Upcoming Conferences and Events

Here's a list of our upcoming events!  We hope to see you on our journeys! Click here for more information.


June 20 -
Save the Date!
FableVision Open House
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM 
Boston Children's Museum
Boston, MA

June 28 - July 1   
American Library Assocation Annual Conference
Anaheim, CA


Visit FableVision Reseller, Thomas Klise/Crimson Multimedia

June 29  
Constructivist Consortium at NECC
San Antonio, TX

The Constructivist Consortium was established in 2007 by leading educational technology publishers committed to student empowerment, creative applications of computers and the availability of high-quality, open-ended materials. Peter H. Reynolds will offer the closing remarks.

June 29 - July 2   
NECC
San Antonio, TX

Please do come and visit us in San Antonio at NECC. We will be at Booth 2246. Peter will be demonstrating Animation-ish, Dr. Peggy Healy Stearns will be on hand to describe how and why she designed Stationery Studio, and Roberta Scherf and Chris Bye of Thinking Moves will gladly share the research behind SmartMoves. The FableVision Team, along with our teacher Ambassadors, looks forward to seeing you there!

July 29 - July 31   
Constructing Modern Knowledge
Manchester, NH


Constructing Modern Knowledge is a minds-on institute for educators committed to creativity, collaboration and computing.   Come hear Peter H. Reynolds speak - and CREATE with him - and other constructivist luminaries on the educational reform landscape.
   

Wings of EPOH Takes Flight to Rave Reviews
Wings of EPOH
We are delighted by the overwhelming response to Wings of EPOH, our latest addition to FableVision's award-winning line of character education products.

Developed by FableVision in partnership with the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC), Wings of EPOH is based on a story by award-winning author and Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein.
The animated film version was creatively interpreted by FableVision co-founders Peter H. Reynolds and Paul A. Reynolds.
Along with creating a social framework for children with autism spectrum disorders, the DVD/book curriculum package, featuring the transformational story of a young boy and a butterfly named EPOH ("hope" spelled backwards), is being used to help combat bullying. One teacher wrote:

I read Wings of Epoh to my 17 first graders.  As I looked around the room I saw their eyes were mesmerized and filled with compassion for the little boy, Matthew.  They kept wanting to join in and share their own stories.  One story told was about a first grade girl, who used to be in our class, who has a younger brother with autism.  When we got to the part about the reason for the butterfly's name, the children gasped in unison.  They thought it was the neatest idea.
 
The team of educational experts at SARRC - the nonprofit, community-based organization dedicated to autism research, education and resources for children and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and their families - authored the wonderful activity guide for the classroom in conjunction with the DVD.

The collection is part of SARRC's Fostering Relationships in Early Network Development (FRIEND) program,
which aims to develop and improve social communication skills for students in kindergarten through high school affected by autism spectrum disorders. Click here to learn more about SARRC's amazing work.

NEW - Animation-ish Now Available!

Animation-ish Available!

Get Animating!

Arguably one of the most important products to be published in FableVision's decade-plus history, Peter H. Reynolds' Animation-ish learn-how-to-animate and creativity coaching software package is now ready to purchase.  Now ANYONE can "make their mark . . . move" - even the most reluctant artist - including artistically-challenged adults.  This is an easy and affordable way to bring New York Times best-selling children's book author/illustrator Peter H. Reynolds to YOUR school - and watch the instant outpouring of creativity!

Stay tuned for lots of exciting news about the Animation-ish Film Festival and online Community of Practice.

Our Animation-ish Classroom Edition 7 Day free trial is now available on our website to download.  Also, when you purchase Animation-ish, you have two choices: the CD-ROM version or download version, which has no shipping charges.
 
Happy Animating!

Click here to try Animation-ish!
FREE SHIPPING Bonus for FableFlash Readers!
Order either a DVD Pack of 5 or more SmartMoves or an Animation-ish license (10 or 25 Computer) now through June 30th, and receive FREE SHIPPING on your order. Just mention code SHIP2008 when ordering.

To visit our online store, click here.

GET A CLUE® SPOTLIGHT WORD OF THE MONTH - emancipate


The word emancipate comes from the Latin prefix ex ("out of") and the root mancipium, meaning "ownership." You may be familiar with a form of our word emancipate from your history class, where you studied Abraham Lincoln and his "Emancipation Proclamation." This reference, and the Latin word's apparent reference to being "out of ownership," should give you a pretty good idea of the word's meaning today.

Emancipate your students from rote memorization of vocabulary!  Learn the STORIES behind the words.  Get your FREE trial of FableVision's award-winning web-based vocabulary software program GET A CLUE, click here.

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