Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: October 26: #LearningStyles, #ReadingLevels, and Multiple Truths
October 26, 2018
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this relatively light week include #ChildDevelopment, #Cybils, #GrowthMindset, #Habit, #HigherEd, #KidLitCon, #LearningStyles, #LittleFreeLibraries, #loneliness, #math, #MentalHealth, #play, #ReadingLevels, #STEM, #ViewpointDiversity, empowerment, parenting, and schools.
Top Tweet of the Week
#MultipleIntelligences Theory: Widely Used, Yet Misunderstood | @YoukiTerada @edutopia via @drdouggreen ow.ly/wNgh30miMgz | "when #teachers try to match #instruction to a perceived #LearningStyle, the benefits are nonexistent"
Book Lists + Awards
The
#Cybils Awards kick off their featured blogger #kidlit reviews w/ #EasyReader nominee Fish Are Not Afraid of Doctors (Maud the Koala), reviewed by Round1 Judge #JenniferWharton ow.ly/G1RH30miMvF
#PictureBooks About the #Moon for Imaginative Children, a #BookList from @momandkiddo https://t.co/AvlUH2HHTN
17 Fun and Educational Leaf Books for #Preschool, a #BookList from @growingbbb ow.ly/419830mkFK9 #seasons #PictureBooks
Space Books for Kids that Will Turn Them into Astronauts, #BookList from @momandkiddo ow.ly/1fzy30mkFPU #PictureBooks #Nonfiction #Science #SpaceExploration
Diversity + Gender
Female
#Superheroes + #ScienceFiction Characters Really Do Empower Young Girls, Study Finds (but more are needed) ow.ly/oxvx30miM5u @anna_sheffer @hellogiggles via @CynLeitichSmith #Empowerment #GenderGap
What Do We Do When Our Truths Aren't the Same? asks @CathyMere | She offers 5 excellent tips to help, such as "Listen More, Talk Less" ow.ly/blj230mjEZ4 #IdeologicalDiversity #ViewpointDiversity #CivilDiscourse #Truth
Events + Programs
Todd Bol, creator of the #LittleFreeLibrary movement, dies at 62 @ByJenna @StarTribune ow.ly/12PF30miKMN | Here's someone who made a practical difference for #literacy
Growing Bookworms
I’m a Reader: 5 Ways You Already Model #Reading for Your Kids from @readingtub ow.ly/83jg30mlFZD #literacy #RaisingReaders
Kidlitosphere / KidLitCon
Reaching
#Readers: Part 1 Getting Books to Kids #KidLitCon 2019 Panel ow.ly/BZKY30miLJw @AnikaDenise @joshfunkbooks @leewind + more | @pragmaticmom + @charlotteslib co-host @KidLitCon | #gatekeepers #BookDiscovery
Lots of interesting #kidlit tidbits in today's Fusenews: We Would Have Also Accepted “Fast Food Fairies” — @fuseeight ow.ly/3KhS30mlFuf
HigherEd
Amid College Success Push, The U.S. Overlooks The Fact That One In Four #CollegeStudents Are #Parents - Allison Dulin Salisbury + @michaelbhorn @EducationNext https://t.co/BxG84urOLt
Parenting / Personal Growth
What If
#EarlyChildhoodEducation Professionals Pushed Back when asked to implement developmentally inappropriate practices? @raepica1 @BAMRadioNetwork ow.ly/SNwF30miLDi #play #learning #teaching
In Defense of #Play: What Will it Take to Get #Parents, #Teachers, and #Lawmakers to Follow the Doctor’s Orders? - @denisha_jones @DEY_Project ow.ly/e0xe30miN7G #PlayDefenders #FreePlay
I agree 100% with @gcouros that there's value in sometimes “Not Having a Choice” – Put things that you want to do regularly into a "no choice" category and do them ow.ly/Oh5X30mjEC7 #habit #PowerOfHabit
Yes, You Can Know What Skills Your Children Will Need In The Future – @MarlaSzwast ow.ly/PGBA30mjao6 | #GrowthMindset #GiftOfFailure #SoftSkills #Habits + more | #Parenting
Schools and Libraries
What Are the Best Ways to Use
#LeveledTexts? | @cultofpedagogy talks w/ author @JSerravallo + shares common mistakes + ways to avoid them in the #classroom ow.ly/Gbga30mjFe7 #ReadingLevels #literacy
How #Schools Can #Teach Preventive Skills to Help Kids Avoid or Cope w/ #Loneliness - @AshleyFetters @TheAtlantic via @EdSource ow.ly/ZfCe30miMSm | #MentalHealth #SocialEducation #Reframing
10 Tips for Maintaining Positive #Student Behavior @ritaplatt @middleweb ow.ly/rFmK30mjHol via @Larryferlazzo | "Misbehavior is an opportunity to #teach", maintain relationships + lots more
#Kindergartner + Stress = An Occasional Personal Day? - @easycda thinks this can be a good idea to give overwhelmed kids a break + help them focus ow.ly/JkbN30mkFqe #Schools
#TheOpportunityMyth: The New #Teacher Project @TNTP says low expectations in #schools hurt kids by not challenging them or preparing them for #college @eillieanzi @FastCompany https://t.co/DPbxAGdf4P
STEM
What Does a Million Look Like? | An effort to help 3rd graders visualize large numbers turns into an ambitious project to build a model of a 1M @paul_emerich @edutopia ow.ly/rr4T30mkGCf #math #STEM #teaching
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