Jen Robinson's Book Page: Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: July 26: Reducing #ScreenTime + Increasing #BookAccess for Kids

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Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: July 26: Reducing #ScreenTime + Increasing #BookAccess for Kids

July 26, 2019

Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. There's a lot of great stuff this week. Topics include #BookAccess, #ClassroomLibraries, #FreePlay, #GenderRoles, #GraphicNovels, #homework, #NoSummerSlide, #phonics, #PictureBooks, #ScreenTime, #SocialMedia, #STEM, #SummerReading, parenting, reading, schools, teaching, and writing.

Events, Programs + Research

Free Book Vending Machines Launched Across All NYC Boroughs – @CBSNewYork via @tashrow ow.ly/Em0p30pafeC | #BookAccess @JetBlue @iammarleydias

You Get a Book and You Get a Book and You Get a Book! @nerdybookclub @PrincipalGarden shares her students' joy in receiving free books at a school #BookSwap ow.ly/Hoqi30paVYW #BookAccess

"Literacy is life. (@right2readproj agrees) Especially for children of color and in poverty." @vesiawils fights for her new grandchild's education, after fighting for others https://t.co/o5DgbiEvdF

Growing Bookworms

#SummerReading Shouldn’t Feel Like #Homework - Ann Patchett wonders if adults' desire for mindless paperbacks in the summer is a "subconscious backlash" against forced childhood #reading ow.ly/BlIl30paWd8 @ParnassusBooks1

#NoSummerSlide Week 8 from @TheReadingTub | Yes, #ScavengerHunts have hidden #literacy value ow.ly/okI730pbAWv

EASY #BackToSchool Book Reading Challenge for parents + teachers from @growingbbb ow.ly/ABTi30pcACb #ReadAloud #LoveOfReading

On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing

Where to find 10,000 Books to read to grow #writing skills? | @bd_levines hares her sources for new #PictureBooks ow.ly/llBG30paVXB | #Cybils, #libraries + more

Starting w/ #WritingIdentity First Rather than #Writing Skills in order to engage #students. Makes sense to me, @pernilleripp ow.ly/BNY630pcAX0 | #teaching

A woman's greatest enemy (+ barrier to #creativity + #writing)? A lack of time to themselves | @BrigidSchulte @guardian https://t.co/6Uwv13dIgC

I love this review at Jean Little Library: "not of particularly high (or any) literary quality. But ... will get kids at the series stage to love reading and keep reading until they're ready for more substantial fare" ow.ly/GaVj30pd38M | It's about #JoyOfReading

Library #eBook Lending Poses Rising Problem for #Publishing Industry - @JeffreyT1 @WSJ ow.ly/D1gI30pdliM | @MacmillanUSA is changing sales policies for #libraries

ALA denounces new @MacmillanUSA #library #eBook lending model, urges library customers to voice objections ow.ly/PbBi30pdmWf @ALALibrary #publishing

Parenting, Play + Screen Time

Halifax university researchers on the importance of risk in child’s #play | @ydentremont @thestarhalifax ow.ly/yybQ30papZN #OutdoorPlay #LoosePartsPlay

How Parents Can Model Better #ScreenTime Behavior for Their Kids | @anya1anya @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/pzxP30pbTgx | #Parenting #SocialMedia

For Today's Kids, Time for #FreePlay Often Defaults to #ScreenTime—Some parents fight back by giving kids lists of things to do offfline @juliejargon @WSJ ow.ly/s1VQ30pc56F | #Play #parenting

Facebook fails to keep Messenger Kids’ safety promise, allowed non-approved adults (connected to other kids) into group chats w/ kids | @riptari @TechCrunch @TheVerge ow.ly/jvQF30pbTFO #SocialMedia

5 tips to help your gifted child become more independent | guest post by Cloe Matheson @giftedchlnges ow.ly/pc0g30pcAQV | #giftedness #parenting #FreePlay #creativity

Schools and Libraries

The Surprising Benefits of Student-Created #GraphicNovels | @cultofpedagogy + @ShvetaMiller ow.ly/Beht30pbTti | Cartoons invite empathy + allow for emotional distance