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Links I Shared on Twitter Recently: January 6: #DiverseBooks, #GrowingBookworms, and Alternative Paths to #HigherEd

TwitterLinksHere are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter over the past few weeks @JensBookPage. I know it's not Friday, but quite a few links piled up over the holidays, and I figured I should go ahead and post. I will probably be back with a short update on Friday. Topics today include #BookAwards, #BookLists, #careers, #Cybils, #DiverseBooks, #FreeRangeKids, #GameAddiction, #GrowingBookworms, #GrowthMindset, #Habits, #intelligence, #introversion, #JoyOfReading, #Learning, #Music, #ownvoices, #parenting, #phonics, #play, #ReadingAloud, #WorldReadAloudDay, schools, and vocational training.

Top Tweet of the Week

Cybils-Logo-2018-Round450pxThe 2018 Finalists are Live! This is a great source of high-quality, engaging , from to , , , , + more

Book Lists

A Dozen of the Best Published in 2018 | w/ mini reviews from

Diversity

Ownvoices-300x150The Real Way to Get Books Into the Hands of Readers (But It’s Not Sexy) —

Ten Ways New and Diverse Literature Changes Us as By Stephanie Affinito and Kris McGee |

Here's an invitation from @thereadingtub to participate in the Link Up – January 2019

Events, Programs + Research

2.0_WRAD-Social-Stat-1Save the date: February 1 is , a day to celebrate the joy of to kids |

Yes, World Day Is Real, and Here’s Why We Should Celebrate It | If I could I would celebrate by staying home, talking to no one, and taking no calls.

early can make your child a better | Anita Collins + Misty Adoniou

The Behind Making Your Child Smarter - Sue Shellenbarger assesses some possible pursuits | interactive w/ kids, working memory training + staying in help

Contradiction to a previous article I shared this week, via Does Not Improve Performance on Measures of .. Evidence From a Meta-Analytic Review

Growing Bookworms

GoneFishingReaction and Intention: Rethinking the in Early Winter | nudging kids to transition beyond the phase by

Excellent, comprehensive post from | Parents: Creating Joyful Routines at Home |

One Dad’s Resolutions for the New Year |

Easy Ways to Get Your Kids to Read More This Year |

On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing

On reading goals | "Yes, quantity, and increasing quantity and access to great material matters for all of us, but so does slowing down, savoring text, and actually enjoying the experience" https://t.co/NcHOwoZsi0

Parenting + Play

SwissLifeThis piece resonated w/ me: This year, let’s like it’s 1989 - "We call our country “the land of the free,” yet most children... have no freedom at all" | https://t.co/d4D4gRjb2r

The Age Four Transition to Responsible Childhood | Peter Gray via | | "Many 12-year-olds today are not permitted the independence that 4-year-olds were permitted until just a few decades ago"

The Relentlessness of Modern - | This article is depressing but certainly rings true

Screen Time

Detecting : Phone Apps Could Monitor Teen Angst - |

How Triggered an Unwinnable War Between Parents and Their Boys | |

Schools and Libraries

Stop Calling It - How we speak about reflects class prejudice says | Training is for animals, humans receive education

OnceAndFutureWorker Is Only One Option for Kids. How can we emphasize alternative routes? Guest post by | Referencing +

Looking for an Alternative to ? U.S. Studies German -

Seen as Falling Short in a Pillar of | addresses approach as applied (and not) in NYC https://t.co/2DZcRXaIbn

A 2018 federal report found that only 18 percent of the innovations funded by the lifted achievement | looks at reasons why this is so hard

Self-Improvement / Growth Mindset / Habits

PowerOfHabitHow to Crush Your in the With the Help of | advice from , + , compiled by (via ) https://t.co/dflKNEBvFh

Being Wrong (+ not beating herself up over it) Has Made a Better Teacher - | via

It’s Two Weeks Until Your New Year’s Resolutions Die Young – Tips from to change your resolution mindset

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