Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: August 17: The #Cybils Awards, #BackToSchool Books, and #Homework Policies
August 17, 2018
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include: #BoardBooks, #BookLists, #Cybils, #FancyNancy, #Homework, #IntrinsicMotivation, #LoveOfReading, #MentalHealth, #NCLB, #nonfiction, #parenting, #SchoolLibraries, #screentime, #STEM, #testing, libraries, play, publishing, reading aloud, schools, and of course back-to-school.
Top Tweet of the Week
The #Homework Policy Every Early Childhood Class Should Have | help families build #literacy skills at home through #reading and talking together ow.ly/aoGn30lnbgq @growingbbb
Book Lists + Awards
The Top 100
#BoardBooks Poll Countdown @FuseEight has reached the top 10! Here are #10-6, including some of my family's favorites ow.ly/iVvC30lqePZ
2018 #BackToSchool #PictureBook Roundup from Alex at @randomlyreading ow.ly/EvK530lqfII #school #BookList
14 Books to Help Kids Get Ready for the New School Year | helping to ease fears+ remind them about fun ow.ly/IrF730lqjNd | #BackToSchool #BookList from @dcorneal @ReadBrightly
You’ve Missed Us, Haven’t You? | Just a head's up that the #Cybils Awards team is working behind the scenes, and will be back soon with news + the call for panelists ow.ly/ZdAz30lqfOw #kidlit #YA
Ten
#EarlyReaders and Transitional #ChapterBooks Not to Be Overlooked by @alybee930 + @knott_michele @nerdybookclub ow.ly/3kFA30lmMGs #BookList #kidlit | We love #RosieRevere in my house
RA RA Read: Go-to recommendations from #librarian + #Cybils organizer Jennifer Wharton for #MiddleGrade Narrative #Nonfiction ow.ly/7dWr30lnbjD
Alternative (less well-known) but still much Anticipated Children’s Books of Fall 2018 #BookList from @fuseeight ow.ly/5Vss30lraYn #kidlit #PictureBooks #nonfiction #GraphicNovels
Growing Bookworms
Read Novels to Your Little Kid: @michellewoo @lifehacker ow.ly/cEOK30lo5Pk "#Reading chapter books and novels aloud requires young listeners to use their imaginations w/out the guidance of zany illustrations. When they’re able to do so, they get hooked" #LoveOfReading
The wizarding world of data ow.ly/9cfN30lmko7 |
@JohnMaynardCPA @SASsoftware via @statgrrl | Dad shares how his 1st grader showed low #reading ability in #school because she was afraid her parents would stop #ReadingAloud #HarryPotter to her if she read too well
How to Read #Wordless #PictureBooks to Kids: Tips for #Parents from @momandkiddo ow.ly/L1Iu30lrbdf #AskQuestions + more | #ReadingAloud
"How can I teach (my #students) to find satisfaction, happiness even, in the act of #reading". One answer, says @CRushLevine @ChoiceLiteracy, is to select the first classroom #ReadAloud carefully ow.ly/XLlc30lmJWF #LoveOfReading
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Top Ten Favorite Book Blogs/Bookish Websites according to @literacious ow.ly/Ns1j30lqf6J | @cybils @nerdybookclub @ReadBrightly + more great #kidlit resources
Au Revoir, Nancy! A Children’s Book Author Kisses Her Character Goodbye -
@nytimes ow.ly/cZ1j30lnbog #FancyNancy #JaneOConnor #PictureBooks #LoveOfReading
Parenting + Mindset
How to Stop the Tween Confidence Drop By Helping Girls Take on Toxic Thinking | @amightygirl ow.ly/f4pI30lmMLB #ConfidenceCode #tweens #MentalHealth @KattyKayBBC @ClaireShipman @TIME
7 Habits You'll Notice the Happiest People Practicing (but Most of Us Rarely Do) | @MarcelSchwantes @Inc ow.ly/Q9dO30lmMJu | #Happiness #Mindfulness #MentalHealth #Joy
How to motivate older kids (teens + tweens) without using rewards, punishment or fear. (No, really.)
@anahomayoun @onparenting ow.ly/AiSk30lpOCK | #Parenting #IntrinsicMotivation #DailyHabits
Why it’s so hard to get kids’ attention vs. #ScreenTime, according to #science (and what to do about it) - James Paterson @onparenting @washingtonpost ow.ly/WIgO30lmJT5 #attention #distraction #parenting #salience
How to raise a happy kid in the digital age - @CarolineKnorr @CommonSense @washingtonpost ow.ly/vwCp30lmJwH | #Parenting #MentalHealth #Grit #Gratitude #OutdoorPlay
RT @DTWillingham: "playing Fortnite is very similar to playing army men in the woods and building forts." Except you're not outside. And you're not moving your body. And often kids simply watch other kids playing Fortnite. And Fortnite has in-game purchases. https://t.co/7gTfS56mSw
Schools and Libraries
The Most Effective Ways of Helping Students Love Learning ow.ly/FoVF30lo5kb | "Cultivate questions" + "pursue their passions" @leecrockett via @drdouggreen | #JoyOfLearning
Baby and toddler
#storytime can create a lifetime #LoveOfReading | @ash_hopkinson @EdSource ow.ly/fgRf30lmjFz | #libraries #preschool #literacy
Collaborating With Your #SchoolLibrarian | 10 ways for #teachers to work with colleagues in the #library to enhance #literacy instruction ow.ly/lvAN30lqeVC | @gregorjm @edutopia via @drdouggreen
10 Easy Ways to Create an Awesome #SchoolDistrict Culture – @gcouros ow.ly/ZluU30lmjPh | "Lose the entourage", "Show appreciation daily" + more | #schools #administration
France Takes On #CellphoneAddiction With a Ban in Schools for kids up at age 15 ow.ly/i4gy30lo4W6 @samschech @WSJ
"children learn best through #play, an understanding that has guided us to reenvision how our (#library) children’s spaces could maximize children’s #learning" ow.ly/emiA30lmk4Q | Editorial by @MillerRT @sljournal via @tashrow
STEM
Robotics workshop at Google for girls builds skills ow.ly/gbFs30lo53J | @josephgeha16 @mercnews "The goal of the initiative is to get more girls involved in #robotics and #science, #technology, #engineering and #math, or #STEM fields, at an earlier age"
Testing
Pressuring #schools to raise test scores got diminishing returns, new study of No Child Left Behind finds ow.ly/iQry30lqgfe @matt_barnum @Chalkbeat #NCLB #testing
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