Mother to Jake and Lily, Andrea Gosline is the author of numerous children's picture books and parenting titles, including the award-winning Celebrating Motherhood. Her engaging presentations inspire children and their grown-ups to celebrate the natural world and plant seeds of happiness in their communities.
A native San Franciscan, Andrea self-published her first poetry book, a scroll tied with red ribbon, when she was six. At high school graduation, she was awarded the Bank of America English Achievement Award by her creative writing teacher, and the rest is herstory! The framed certificate still hangs in her writing studio as a beacon for her career as a poet and presenter.
Andrea has worn many entrepreneurial hats -- from owning a natural food store and teaching kids healthy cooking classes to writing lifestyle newspaper columns and producing large scale events for the National Parks Association, the Salvation Army, and the American Heart Association. She lives in her favorite San Francisco neighborhood with her husband, two children, and the family mascot, an Irish Setter named Dusty. For more info, check out www.ambledance.com
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Andrea, Nina (a Jambledancer), and Charity
Andrea, Charity and campers Jambledancing!
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Charity Kahn -- mother of Jasper and Silas, musician, performer, teacher, songwriter, and recording artist -- is the founder of the JAM Music and Movement Experience for young children and their parents, and the award-winning family music group, Charity and the JAMband.
She teaches music and movement classes for families around the San Francisco Bay Area, and performs both solo and with her JAMband at schools, libraries, clubs, and festivals throughout Bay Area and beyond. Her family music recordings have won numerous awards (Parents Choice GOLD, Children's Music Web, Fids and Kamily Poll Best of 2006), have received national acclaim and press, and are spun regularly on XM Kids and other children's radio programs.
Charity strives to spread joy, connection, and family fun through song, dance, and silliness, and has been rocking the kids ever since she became a mom. For more information about JAM and Charity Kahn, check out www.jamjamjam.com. |
