Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: December 8: Bookish #Christmas Gifts, Holiday #Reading, and #Math as #Play
December 08, 2017
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #BookLists, #Cybils, #GiftGuides, #GrowingBookworms, #GrowthMindset, #math, #play, #poetry, #STEM, book awards, kidlitosphere, parenting, preschool, reading, schools, and testing.
Top Tweet of the Week
How #Reading Rewires Your Brain for More Intelligence and Empathy | @derekberes @bigthink via @CynLeitichSmith https://t.co/VeTkIzTrar
Book Lists + Gift Guides
These books can help build strong girls — and boys — for today’s world. This
#BookList @washingtonpost has some nice choices https://t.co/44mEDoQeV8
Center for Multicultural Literature’s Best for 2017 (Hint from @medinger : It is Excellent) | #BookList #DiverseBooks https://t.co/iyf1y6BLSe
Fun Children’s Book Gifts for Christmas | Detailed #BookList from @BookChook ow.ly/7bOU30h26j7 #kidlit #GiftGuide
Bookish Gifts for Christmas - suggestions from @housefullbkwrms https://t.co/Yt5nYLiS4d
Cybils
Today's featured
#Cybils REVIEW: fiction #PictureBook nominee Forest World, reviewed by @debnance ow.ly/4NLs30h049Q
Friday's featured #Cybils REVIEW: middle grade fiction nominee Stef Soto, Taco Queen | reviewed by @pussreboots ow.ly/jovQ30gYVkx
Today's featured #Cybils REVIEW: #YA Fiction nominee A List of Cages by @robinroewriter, review by @ixtumea ow.ly/7NQF30h3DZ1
Events and Programs
Guys Lit Wire: On behalf of @BallouLibrary in Washington DC, THANK YOU!!!!!!!! ow.ly/15GB30h4K9Q @chasingray #BookDonation
Growth Mindset
Why We Should Embrace Mistakes (+ actively model managing them) in #School ow.ly/vaUf30h24or | Amy L. Eva @GreaterGoodSC #GrowthMindset
The Best #SelfAssessment Questions for Encouraging a #GrowthMindset ow.ly/4Kqy30h4ZF5 | Lee Watanabe-Crockett @glodigcit
Kidlitosphere
A Year of Reading: #PoetryFriday -- Call for Roundup Hosts for early 2018 from @MaryLeeHahn #poetry #kidlitosphere ow.ly/SVQI30gYVol
Fun stuff here: 2017 Children’s Lit: The Year in Miscellanea — @100scopenotes ow.ly/BkcS30h4JSo
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Helping
#students plan for the luxury of extra #reading time over the holidays, by @frankisibberson @ChoiceLiteracy ow.ly/HqTr30gYlGX [Pictured: one of my favorite holiday reads, Let It Snow]
Survey by @Literacy_Trust Finds More than 770,000 UK children 'don't own a book'. Those kids 15X less likely to be good readers ow.ly/OsVj30h3FeJ #literacy
Schools and Libraries
U.S. Graduation Rate Hits New All-Time High, With Gains in All Student Groups - @cgewertz @educationweek ow.ly/62Kf30h26DU #schools
Communicating the Importance of Early Childhood Education to Parents, how and why, @NotJustCute does #PreschoolPodcast w/ @rspreeuwenberg ow.ly/SAmD30h3EAA #ECE #parenting
U.S. #reading scores drop in international study - @NoguchiOnK12 @mercnews ow.ly/47M430h23Wy #PIRLS #literacy
RT @MindshiftKQED: Anxious teens often just want counselors to help them feel safe again — but their problems will likely only escalate if they don’t learn how to cope with stress, discomfort, and panic. @leahjshafer @UKnowHGSE https://t.co/dT8WErTbcW
STEM
#Math is #Play – @MatthewOldridge @Medium ow.ly/2BzY30h2kTS | Axioms #parents + #teachers can use to encourage playful math
Holiday Math and More: Math Teachers at Play #114 – @letsplaymath rounds up seasonal #math activities, puzzles, etc. ow.ly/HTfS30h3Gm1 #STEM
RT @SheilaRuth: Cool project teaching data analytics to students who might not otherwise be interested in #STEM - Edmondson athletes form Sports Analytics Club https://t.co/e5mFrteagd
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