I recently attended the California Kindergarten Association’s PK1 Conference, where Jim Gill was the keynote speaker/singer and presented a workshop on Music Play with Purpose. I attended because I think Jim’s work is remarkable. I love sharing his recorded music in preschool and school age storytimes at my library and recommend it wholeheartedly to parents and anyone working with young children. Jim’s songs are full of inventive word play, fresh and unexpected rhymes and playful prompts for children to join in the active fun. Both children and adults (including a legion of children’s librarians!) delight in Jim’s exuberantly silly songs. Jim is an early childhood specialist, with a graduate degree in child development with an emphasis on play. He has created 6 albums, many of which are ALA Notable Children’s Recordings, including his newest, Jim Gill Presents Music Play for Folks of All Stripes. He’s also written 2 delightful pictures…