Freddie the Frog Sings His Way into Cliffwood Elementary School

Cliffwood Elementary students laughed as they danced like Freddie the Frog's best friend, Eli the Elephant. 

With their arms extended from their foreheads as elephant trunks, they spun in a circle and did a animal version of the Hokey-Pokey, hopping to put their right foot "in" and then making monkey ears.

Freddie and Eli traveled to Cliffwood Elementary School on Tuesday for an afternoon of fun with their friend, Sharon Burch, a children's author and music teacher. Burch's book characters, who hail from Treble Clef Island, have musical adventures that teach young readers music vocabulary and how to read music.

Katie Farrington, the school's librarian, noted that any assembly that is interactive helps students get excited about reading and they learn without realizing it.

"One like this doesn't only include books but it includes music," Farrington said.