Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: December 1: Gift Guides, Boys and Reading, Growth Mindset + More
December 01, 2017
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #BookLists, #creativity, #Cybils, #GrowYourHeart, #GrowthMindset, #play, book awards, boys and reading, flexible seating, gift guides, math, preschool, reading, schools, #STEM, teaching, and testing.
Book Lists + Gift Guides
I found some useful ideas from this
@sunlitpages #GiftGuide | 25+ Stocking Stuffers for the Whole Family https://t.co/VLAu5OQuzG
The Ultimate Children’s Literature Illustrator Gift Guide 2017 — @100scopenotes ow.ly/f4xU30gRLKV w/ thanks to @inkyelbows #kidlit
Kicking off another 31 Days, 31 Lists @FuseEight | Day One – 2017 Great #BoardBooks | #BookList #kidlit ow.ly/gN0030gWMAE
Ten Gift-Worthy Subscription Boxes for Bookworms by @denabooks @nerdybookclub ow.ly/cYK930gOfSH #GiftGuide #books
Christmas is Coming: 50 Mighty Girl #ChristmasStories | #BookList from @amightygirl https://t.co/pH4avReepU
Cybils
Today's featured
#Cybils REVIEW: elementary/MG #GraphicNovel nominee Fish Girl | review by @spiky_penelope ow.ly/AqZQ30gQYc5
Today's featured #Cybils REVIEW: #fiction #PictureBooks nominee 7 Ate 9: The Untold Story | review by Ami Jones ow.ly/TbY330gNkSx
Today's featured #Cybils REVIEW: Sr. High #Nonfiction nominee Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time | review by @Headfullofbooks ow.ly/uxwd30gTJHG
Events + Programs
For every person who shares a good deed on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram by 12/25 w/
#GrowYourHeart, @randomhousekids + Dr. Seuss Enterprises will collectively donate $1 (up to $20k) to @FeedingAmerica
RT @MrsPStorytime: Calling all K-4 teachers! There is still time to enter by Be-a-Famous Writer Contest! Prizes from @MackinVIA @Tales2Go @CantataLearning & judged by @MatthewWinner @joshfunkbooks Run till Dec 15th FREE to enter https://t.co/T34s2y6xPa
Growing Bookworms
"The secret to getting boys to read is the same as the secret to getting girls to read: empower them to make their own choices" @twitofalili via @LizB https://t.co/b8y4C6qpb3
Kidlitosphere
Various
#kidlit tidbits in this week's Fusenews: “Luminous with the beauty and fragility of life” — @fuseeight ow.ly/iozf30gRLwl @MarjorieIngall @philnel + more
Miscellaneous
6 Unusual Habits of Exceptionally Creative People – @talentsmarteq @Medium ow.ly/Yr8T30gOfOz via @drdouggreen #creativity
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
How to Get Your Mind to Read
@DTWillingham @nytimes ow.ly/Xfd430gQXaO | "The problem is ... bad education habits engendered by a misunderstanding of how the mind reads"
Thoughts from @abbylibrarian On #Reading Goal Failures... and Possibilities ow.ly/SErq30gVs9s w/ links to more @BookRiot
Schools and Libraries
Want #Preschoolers To Become Successful? Allow Them To #Play More | Kim Nassoiy @HuffPost via @drdouggreen https://t.co/tgo3tiyoVF
What #Teachers Must Consider When Moving to #FlexibleSeating | @Kschwart @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/7dbJ30gSmoy | Pix from @MelisBrand @hnicole12 @jaellner + more
College students learn less when they use computers or tablets during lecture, taking notes by hand is better ow.ly/y95730gRM3L | Susan Dynarski @nytimes
"If the technology takes away our human connection that is crucial for the development of our
#students, it is not worth it" ow.ly/u2GJ30gNksl @gcouros on parent portals vs. conferences
5 Reflective Questions to Encourage a #GrowthMindset ow.ly/1gvU30gOfCy | @DavidGeurin #teaching
Is It Possible To Teach #Grit + Willpower + #GrowthMindset, and how might we do that in #schools? asks @DavidGeurin ow.ly/feYh30gWMm3
Liberate the Turkey and #Homework on Holiday Weekends @mssackstein suggests other activities instead (like #reading) https://t.co/pVXLSwCDFE
3 Articles for #Student Discussion on “Success” – @gcouros quotes @ShanaDLebowitz @shawnachor @bakadesuyo ow.ly/8jmY30gTKF8 | #happiness #grades
STEM
RT @MindShiftKQED: When young kids solve #math problems with their #parents before bed it makes a difference in their academics later owl.li/tSWb30gUitD #edchat #parenting #earlyed #mathchat
Testing
Maybe American Students Are Bad at Standardized Tests (vs. global rankings) Because They Don’t Try Very Hard, suggests new study by economists ow.ly/XHAi30gS6a0 | @BenLeubsdorf @WSJ
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