Thanks to Frisco Library for inviting me to visit! As the photos show....families in Texas know how to join in the music play! x.com/friscolibrary/…

Oh Hey Oh Hi Hello! I am excited to be back in Ohio singing for a few days! I was in Dover last night. Two concerts today in Youngstown. Tomorrow morning in Twinsburg!

Happy to announce that A SOUP OPERA is now in its 4th printing! I celebrated by receiving 4 tons of books and moving them and stacking them, by hand, into our storage area. 8094 pounds of “Soooup” are ready to be signed and sent for all across the country to be read and sung!

Thanks to Primary School for inviting me back to Woodland Primary to share my musical games with everyone!

Visited kdgtners Atwater Elementary today. The children were so engaged in free play that they were barely distracted by me & my banjo entering the room. That ability to FOCUS has everything to do with school success in later years and is developed by having opportunities to play!

I have been rehearsing with my new friends, The Unstoppable String Quartet, for our first concert together this Saturday in South Bend, IN! Thanks to St. Joe County Public Library for inviting us to share my songs and books.....in a whole new way!

I am inviting children from across the country to create pages of a "May There Always Be...." book that we can all read and sing together through video! This video explains the project. PLEASE PASS ALONG to families that you work with & care for! youtu.be/qxFVQT9mGOg

I received my first collection of pages for a new read-along & sing-along "May There Always Be" video book - and here they are! These 2 minutes will make you SMILE! (More tomorrow!) youtube.com/watch?v=u_x6_c…

Children and families have been busy connecting music play, reading play and writing play and I have been busy singing the “May There Always Be” wishes that they have sent me! Volume 3!

#R4EarlyChildhood I am tuning up my banjo and getting ready for my keynote tomorrow morning at ESC Region 4’s Conference on Inclusion in Early Childhood. I hope folks are ready to sing and move!

I am honored that this article about my work appeared in the Chicago Tribune!chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-pa…

CPL and Chicago Symphony Orchestra have partnered up for this Friday's #LiveFromTheLibrary with a beautiful animated story and song inspired by the book May There Always Be Sunshine by Jim Gill. 🎼🎻✨ Listen to the story + music from CSO on Friday at 10 AM at facebook.com/chipublib/live

An inspiring wish, from a child, to share on this holiday. “May there always be a world to love.” #MLKDay2022

Thank YOU Erikson Institute for thinking of me! I am leading a WOYC concert tonight in Missouri!

Jim Gill My 5 year old is in his bed singing the Soup Opera, instead of going to sleep. 😬 Thanks for being a friend of #futureready204!

Thanks to all who attended my keynote session at the Kansas AEYC Conference....sang & danced along & considered WHY play is essential!

Thanks to the Toledo Library for inviting me to be part of their WORDPLAY event last weekend! Love the footage of the children, parents and grandparents playing together like this! x.com/jfong512/statu…

Many thanks to SCCLD for inviting me to visit for events that were fun....but more than “just fun.” I am honored that you thought of me when planning events promoting literacy development, family play and interaction!

In Redwood Falls, MN for a concert this evening for the Early Childhood Family Education Program of the School District. Minnesota is unique in its emphasis on strengthening families as part of its mission in the schools....and I am honored to work in the state once again!

Thanks to all of the youth services librarians that attended my workshop this morning for their enthusiasm for music, play and.....my songs in particular! I am leaving Northern VA with a big smile!