Links I Shared on Twitter Recently: February 1: Youth Media Awards, 28 Days Later, and Global School Play Day

Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #28DaysLater, #ADHD, #ALAYMA, #blogging, #BookAwards, #BookLists, #dyslexia, #Focus, #GrowthMindset, #GSPlayDay, #HigherEd, #Homework, #JoyOfLearning, #literacy, #Play, #SocialMedia, Henry Winkler, parenting, and schools.

Top Tweet of the Week

[Last Friday was] Multicultural Children’s Book Day! ow.ly/7EFk30nsmRz #DiverseBooks #ReadYourWorld @pragmaticmom

Book Lists + Awards

For anyone who somehow missed this, the 2018-2019 #ALAYMA Children’s and Young Adult Book Awards were announced yesterday. Here's a nice summary from @sljournal ow.ly/UdLP30nv2RN #kidlit #YA

12 #ValentinesDay Books for Toddlers, #BookList from @growingbbb ow.ly/vEBJ30nvOtZ #PictureBooks #BoardBooks

RA RA Read: Laugh 'n' Read, Funny Beginning #ChapterBooks ow.ly/MZi030nt7xW | #BookList from Jennifer Wharton | Funny books are a great way to hook kids on #JoyOfReading

The 50 Best Books for 7- and 8-Year-Olds to keep them #reading voraciously, per @ImaginationSoup @FuseEight @shanacorey + Meghan Dietsche Goel for @ReadBrightly ow.ly/NAPx30nslVb #BookList #PictureBooks #ChapterBooks #MiddleGrade

Events, Programs + Research

This Friday, 2/1, is World Read Aloud Day, when people around the globe #ReadAloud together + share stories to advocate for #literacy ow.ly/vniH30nvOI7 #WRAD @litworldsays

Celebration Time: The 2019 #28DaysLater Honorees @brownbookshelf for #BlackHistoryMonth @kelstarly https://t.co/akyPvQVc6R

Very cool! @TheWriterMag featured #KidLitCon 2019! saying "If you write books for young readers, this New England conference is an event you can’t miss." ow.ly/9ZzG30nx8ar | March 22-23 in RI

Growing Bookworms

“Kindergarteners Need 2 Skills to Be Successful” | @TheReadingTub shares tips + book ideas for nurturing those skills via #stories ow.ly/KjtX30nv35R | #literacy #LifeSkills

Can you keep a secret? Teacher @EnglMsE @nerdybookclub describes her observations + interactions with a hidden group of stealthy teen #readers https://t.co/o8nUexwl1h

Higher Ed

How Harvard + Other Universities w/ Large Endowments Hurt Small #Colleges via #FinancialAid dynamics @michaelbhorn @EducationNext ow.ly/Hc6n30nv3hK | "a cycle where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer"

#CommunityCollege Transfers Outperform #HighSchoolers At Top #Colleges, So Why Do We Ignore Them? @nleesanchez @Forbes https://t.co/jk1J8sGHF7

Learning Differences

#Dyslexia Made #HenryWinkler Feel 'Stupid' For Years. Now, He's A Best-Selling Author ow.ly/xy6a30ntOAa | @MsEmmaBowman @NPR | His books for kids are what he's most proud of

Five Ways to Help Children w/ #ADHD Develop Their Strengths | @dfkris @MindShiftKQED @DrSharonSaline ow.ly/w1Ft30nt7N6 | #SelfControl #parenting #BrainScience + more

On Reading, Writing, Drawing, Blogging, and Publishing

Reaching a Wider Audience - @literacious wants to help #teachers + #parents "find amazing children's books and ideas" ow.ly/lqcJ30nt7Cu | #blogging #literacy

Why #Drawing Matters | "drawing is deeply entangled with #literacy development, but doesn’t often receive the same attention or regard as language" @jarodrosello #MGBookVillage https://t.co/9k8dSCIGvA

Parenting + Play

I plan to check out the new #FreedomToThink #podcast by @JonathanAStroud w/ @jocotterillbook @iamfree2think ow.ly/dW8Y30nsmii #creativity #diversity #play #imagination

#Learning through play: what are the benefits? | @tes talks w/ @dgw10041 of @PEDALCam ow.ly/djVC30ntObw | Imaginative #play w/ others (even an adult who does this effectively) helps language acquisition + #SelfRegulation

Global School Play Day: One Day. Nothing But #Play | @cultofpedagogy #FreePlay @GSPlayDay #OutdoorPlay | Watch #PeterGray #TEDTalk on this important topic https://t.co/HdsMgOPuQp

Schools and Libraries

250 Things to Do Instead of #Homework! - Fun list by @tbed63 for @LetGrowOrg ahead of @GSPlayDay coming up 2/6 ow.ly/Czdz30nsmbD #play #FreePlay

Kinder Prep Frenzy Continued: On #Redshirting #Kindergartners | #TeacherMom @HonorsGradU thinks it "seems to involve too much fear, too much short-term, and too much “not-enough-ness.”" https://t.co/ZEkrTpYMD2

Now That #Schools Are Promoting Broader Definitions of Success, How Do We Measure Progress? @tvanderark @Forbes ow.ly/BHPo30nv4vF #Creativity #JoyOfLearning @dfranknyc #CharterSchools

Self Improvement + Motivation

It’s Not Too Late to Quit #SocialMedia - @katebachwsj shares tips from #DeepWork author #CalNewport on breaking the habit + finding better focus ow.ly/LCrl30nt7E5 @WSJopinion

Getting Ahead By Being Inefficient | In expending extra energy, making #mistakes, trying new things you develop flexibility + #adaptability, says @farnamstreet ow.ly/LLpL30ntNSY #GrowthMindset

Screen Time

New study reports toddlers who spent more time watching a screen at 2 years old did worse on developmental markers than those w/ less #ScreenTime | Authors urge caution for #parents ow.ly/UmYD30nx8Oe @nypost via @drdouggreen

Generation Z’s 7 Lessons for Surviving in Our Tech-Obsessed World - @WSJ ow.ly/As2M30nt7Hw | #GenZ doesn't distinguish online vs. #IRL | #SocialMedia #privacy #ScreenTime

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