Kim Mitzo Thompson

Educator, Hazel Harvey Elementary School (Doylestown, Ohio)
Third Grade Teacher
First Grade Teacher

Approved Sesame Street Educational Writer
Responsible for developing new Sesame Street educational product including workbooks, flash cards, books and audio CDs.

Author
Over 35 years of creating children's educational products and over 70 million music albums sold!

QVC On-Air Guest
Write, produce and sell products for QVC and QVC.com
Key liaison with Sesame Street Publishing

Lecturer
The University of Akron
How To Integrate Arts into the Elementary School Classroom

Media Personality
The University of Akron
Taught a series of reading and math lessons that were recorded for the University of Akron to be used as model teaching examples for Education Majors.

Students learn in different ways. Incorporating music, art, and drama into the curriculum makes learning fun. Lots of movement and hands-on activities will foster the love of learning for a lifetime!

Recipient of a Platinum Award for Nature Sounds signifying sales of over 1,000,000 units of sales.

Recipient of 9 Gold Albums for Nature Sounds, Phonics, Classical Music, 102 Children's Songs, Traditional Lullabies, Christmas Jazz, Christmas Memories, Acoustic Christmas, and Christmas Through The Eyes Of A Child, signifying sales of over 500,000 units per title.

Recipient of over 160 National Awards for educational excellence, creativity, play value and classroom and family fun - National Parenting Publication Award, Dr. Toy's Best Children's Products, Learning Magazine's Teacher Choice Award, The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval and more.

University of Akron (Ohio)
Masters of Science in Education (K-8)

University of Akron (Ohio)
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (K-8)

I started my career as a classroom teacher. I loved teaching first grade and would incorporate music on a daily basis. My class would sing our spelling words, clap out rhythms, march around the room - all while learning. Many phonemic awareness activities involve music, and I found this to be a really fun and effective way to teach. When I earned my masters degree in "Integrating the Arts into the Elementary School Curriculum" I was convinced that music was a powerful teaching tool. I began teaching third grade and while becoming familiar with my new math curriculum, discovered that I would be teaching the multiplication facts. What a challenge! I knew that using music and rhythm would make it fun and easy - so that's what I did. My twin sister, Karen and I worked together and wrote "Rap With The Facts." We recorded our first album with the help of Hal Wright, and that's how it all began! View my blog! www.kimmitzothompson.com