Popular early childhood trainer and singer Thomas Moore entertained early childhood teachers and children in a partially rebuilt church in Pascagoula, Miss., last month.

Dr. Thomas Moore Sings for Katrina Children and Teachers

JAN. 11, 2006 | The Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute and MSU Extension Service recently sponsored a workshop and concerts by acclaimed early childhood leader and musician Thomas Moore for young children and their hurricane-weary teachers in Pascagoula, Miss.

Dr. Moore is a nationally recognized early childhood consultant, keynote speaker, workshop leader, and children’s recording artist. He performed at Bethel Christian Church on December 15 and 16.

“My heart aches now ... I want to do more,” Moore wrote to friends and colleagues after visiting the hurricane region. Moore said that Cathy Grace, Ed.D., professor and director of the MSU Early Childhood Institute, contacted him because children and child care workers in the hurricane-affected region needed someone who could provide educational experiences and professional training while lifting their spirits.

“To tell the truth, they lifted my spirits,” Moore stated. “A three-year-old child hugged me and said ‘thank you’ and a teacher shared that she had asked her adult children not to come home for Christmas because there wasn’t enough room in the trailer for them to sleep.”

Dr. Moore has ten recordings and two books (Humpty Dumpty Dumpty and Where Is Thumbkin?) and is a contributing author of the Wright Group/McGraw-Hill curriculum, DLM Early Childhood Express.

Morgan McPhail

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Updated 11/22/2006