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Jill’s Repertoire<\/h1>\n

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Jill is a creator,author, songwriter, artist, and film maker. Jill inspires others to pursue their creative endeavors and to live their fullest lives.<\/p>\n

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Memory of You<\/p>\n

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Indian Summer Dream<\/p>\n

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Founder and President<\/b> – Writing, Music & Film Society<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

www.writingmusicfilmsociety.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

A non-profit organization. This group now has many published authors, filmmakers, and song writers. Currently, working on a film that is in production and will be released\u00a0 <\/span>2023, <\/span>Cora\u2019s Ring<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Creator and Author\/Illustrator of Kindermonkey Books<\/b>www.kindermonkey.com<\/span><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>The Kindermonkey Adventure Series<\/span> – 4 books<\/span><\/p>\n

2. <\/span>The<\/span> <\/span>Kindermonkey Classical Series – 4 books\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jill and Kindermonkey travel to wonderful places to spread love and joy to children as well as conduct workshops and trainings to educators and child facilitators. These books center around the theme of music while integrating math, science and literacy. Their goal is to make learning fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

Author<\/b> –\u00a0 <\/span>T<\/b><\/span>hey Didn\u2019t Know they were Different<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Illustrator (Jill\u2019s mom) Nora Blanchard. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Songwriter<\/b> – <\/span>Memory of You<\/span> and\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Indian Summer Dream<\/span> – Alani Keiser\/Jill\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>https:\/\/youtu.be\/pmTA_7L0gAk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaker\/Facilitator<\/b> – Literacy\/Education – DCDEE approved for facilitating CEU classes, speaker for universities\/colleges, head start, daycare workshops, community, and various organizations.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Charities<\/b> – \u201cKindermonkey Gives\u201d recently donated 200 books to Wake up and Read, 1000\u2019s to local school children, children\u2019s hospitals, and financial support to former students in pursuit of educational goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Realtor<\/b> with Fathom Realty, LLC – 3 million annual sales award 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

Les Mills Barre and Yogalates Instructor<\/b> – Clubworx of Fuquay Varina, NC – Workout of ballet, pilates and yoga<\/span><\/p>\n

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Past Experiences:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

English Teacher<\/b> – Community Colleges and High Schools throughout NC and FL<\/span><\/p>\n

Founder\/Choreographer<\/b> – Celtic Irish Dance Team, Grades K – 7th<\/span><\/p>\n

Movement\/Dance\/Yoga<\/b> Teacher<\/b> – Holly Springs Elementary School<\/span><\/p>\n

Education:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Campbell University –\u00a0 <\/span>B.A. English<\/span><\/p>\n

Yale University – Special Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

Certifications\/License – English 9-12, Music K-12, Orff\u00a0 <\/span>LI, Kindermusik License, Les Mills Barre, Pilates\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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FAQ with Jill:\u00a0<\/h1>\n

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Kindermonkey inspired me to be a children\u2019s writer.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I had written a book for adult – a self-help book. This process allowed me to know the process of publishing. But Kindermonkey was my inspiration.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>In teaching music to 650 children a week at that time, I found that anything Kindermonkey taught, they listened and remembered. He made them laugh. He made learning fun.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Because they loved him so much and wanted him to go home with them, I realized Kindermonkey books were needed. Not only could the lessons be reinforced with the Kindermonkey books, but the children could share the stories as well. This is a tremendous and highly effective learning technique. After all, the teacher learns just as much as the student in preparing and then sharing his\/her lesson plans.<\/span><\/p>\n

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No. I never thought about being a writer. A composer of music yes, but not a writer. However, when you have something in your heart that you know you must share, then you write. Kindermonkey could not reach all of the children 24\/7 (as they wanted) but his writing Kindermonkey books enabled that to happen.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I believe I write from the eyes of a child. Loving children and teaching them for so many years – I\u2019ve learned what they like, their sense of humor, and the way they look at our world. It is a beautiful world – a world much like Louis Armstrong talks about in his song – What A Wonderful World<\/i> – \u201cI see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom for me and you and I think to myself – what a wonderful world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However, one of my 1st grade students came up to me with such excitement, as if she had discovered a sparkling treasure, and said, \u201cYou are Kindermonkey and Kindermonkey is you.\u201d I smiled and said \u201cYes, you are right\u201d – so, maybe I write from my eyes.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>I will let you be the judge.<\/span><\/p>\n

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