Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: June 16: Father's Day Books, Audiobooks + Reading with Engagement
June 16, 2017
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #Audiobooks, #BookLists, #DiverseBooks, #GraphicNovels, #PictureBooks, #ReadAloud, #SummerReading, Audiobook Month, Father's Day, gender equality, growing bookworms, play, reading choice, recess, teaching, and time management.
Book Lists
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#BookList for father's day: Ten Great Middle Grade Dads (or at least they try really hard) @literacious #kidlit https://t.co/3OjDcforOq
Longer #Audiobooks for developing listeners: June is Audiobook Month says @MaryAnnScheuer #BookList #kidlit ow.ly/Y85830cwhRN
Fantasy + realistic fiction for longer listening: June is #Audiobook Month (ages 8-12) ow.ly/KXcZ30cypIR @MaryAnnScheuer #kidlit
#Nonfiction #audiobooks for children & teens (ages 7-14) | #BookList from @MaryAnnScheuer ow.ly/HaDN30cAoyD
New Reading Beyond #BookList from @CBCBook + ALA | Recommended #kidlit titles for advanced readers in 3 age ranges ow.ly/LrPU30cAmnn
Diversity
We Need Diverse Collectables: Why the Collectors of Children’s Books Need to Diversify —
@FuseEight #DiverseBooks ow.ly/uLPF30cwhCv
Lauren Child: New UK Children's Laureate worried about gender equality + #diversity in books @BBC via @tashrow https://t.co/y2nXjGy1PV
An excellent point about implementing #ReadingWithoutWalls challenge for East Asian (+ other) kids ow.ly/d3IR30cAo4s @fairrosa
Growing Bookworms / Summer Reading
The Key to #SummerReading? Invest in Children’s Reading Lives All Year @donalynbooks ow.ly/4lMs30cwh9f Time Access Choice + Community
#GraphicNovels Boost Children’s Engagement + Performance (w/ plug for GN about Marie Curie from @Mariecurie_alum) https://t.co/ryhRb0lgmm
Does #Reading for Pleasure in Schools Make a Difference? @pernilleripp's data says YES ow.ly/4UKg30ct7Jq | Choice + Time + Community
Want to Raise Successful Kids? Science Says Read to Them w/ more engagement ow.ly/Ukmu30ct0HU @Inc via @tashrow #ReadAloud
Yes! Dear #parents + #teachers: It Doesn't Matter That YOU Don't Like The Book @literacybigkids ow.ly/dRHy30cCl0u #RaisingReaders
Language for #Literacy – Importance of Building Vocabulary in Preschool | Conversation + #ReadAloud @NotJustCute https://t.co/M7t6pipCha
Excellent! Maryland school gives away more than 2,000 books to spur #SummerReading @washingtonpost @DonnaStGeorge https://t.co/kXLTGGwthT
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Thought-provoking Proclamation! regarding #PictureBooks by authors + illustrators @macbarnett + more ow.ly/Kppq30cu61q via @BookChook
Never Meant for Children: The Odd Consumer-Driven Rise of the Graduation Book —
@FuseEight ow.ly/hvXc30csVYu
New Podcast features @FuseEight and her sister Kate discussing #PictureBooks ow.ly/GHiG30cCPcV #kidlit
Play
25+ Boy Approved Summer Activity For Kids Ideas from @mamasmiles (of course girls can do them, too) ow.ly/grAc30cxfRP #Play
Ideas gleaned for Sensory #Play from the Blogosphere by @sxwiley ow.ly/pp0M30cCPCu #education
Encouraging @WSJ piece about schools increasing #recess, after trend towards reduction has hopefully peaked ow.ly/cEac30cAHBb #play
Sounds like fun! A New Place You Will Go: Opening Day at The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum
@HornBook ow.ly/HASV30cAIoC #DrSeuss
Schools and Libraries
Report reveals eye-opening data on English learners in Philadelphia schools — NewsWorks ow.ly/k5Td30cAndj via @PWKidsBookshelf
How to Empower Students with One Simple Phrase (that can boost student effort by 40%) @ajjuliani ow.ly/BLN830cwKYd #teaching
Timed, Standardized-Testing: Is it Worth it? asks @mssackstein @educationweek ow.ly/i6pS30cClCK #testing
What the Perception-action Cycle Tells Us About How the Brain Learns, w/ implications for #school ow.ly/bA3Y30cAnvd @MIND_Research
STEM
Why Kids Need #DataLiteracy, and How You Can Teach It | @sljournal https://t.co/0MU6TWFSlf
8 ideas for encouraging summer #math learning for grade school kids from @Scholastic ow.ly/KszP30cCQZQ #teachers #parents
Digital Manipulatives and the Mind - Body - #Math Connection in the Digital Age, Infographic by @MIND_Research https://t.co/7p1f42XSSN
Time Management
Too Much Busyness is Counterproductive. You Need to Schedule Breaks on Purpose ow.ly/xaq230cuObM @Alltopstartups @Medium @drdouggreen
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