Talkback + Performance
Join Malik for our Toddler Talkback series, where your little ones can get involved and share their thoughts, followed by a performance! Today, we will focus on positive self-expression and be joined by Actor & Dancer, N’Jameh Camara, and Author & Literacy Expert, Maya Smart.
Meet Maya!
Maya Payne Smart is a parent educator, literacy advocate, and the author of Reading for Our Lives: A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six (Avery/Penguin Random House). Her website, MayaSmart.com, publishes new book lists, literacy activities, and other free family resources weekly to help parents play their dual roles as first teachers and educational advocates. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the Medill School at Northwestern University and a bachelor’s in social studies with honors from Harvard University. She serves as affiliated faculty in Educational Policy and Leadership in the College of Education at Marquette University.
Photo Credit: Amanda Evans