Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: August 23: #BackToSchool Books + Advice for Nurturing #JoyOfLearning
August 23, 2019
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week #Audiobooks, #BookAwards, #BookLists, #Cybils, #DiverseBooks, #EducationalEquity, #FreeRangeKids, #GraphicNovels, #GrowingBookworms, #Homework, #JoyOfReading, #NoSummerSlide, #OutdoorPlay, #reading, #SchoolChoices, #STEM, libraries, publishing, recess, and schools.
Top Tweet of the Week
Hey there, people who blog (incl. non-tradl platforms like YouTube, Instagram, etc.) about #kidlit + #YA: It’s the 2019 #Cybils Call for Judges!! | Help select the best-written, most kid-friendly titles of the year ow.ly/pWr130poAMU
Book Lists + Awards
My Favorite Back to School #PictureBooks for 2019 – #BookList from @pernilleripp w/ older + newer titles https://t.co/dk3MrgZcSp?amp=1
Crack the Code! 9 Books About Puzzles and Codes for 9- to 12-Year-Olds | A #BookList my 9 y.o. will love from @denabooks @ReadBrightly ow.ly/rUNV30pnMjN #kidlit
Bridging the Gap Between #MiddleGrade and #YoungAdult: Upper Middle Grade – A useful #BookList from @MGBookVillage https://t.co/qgbmtJwoVk?amp=1
A contemporary, diverse 6th-8th Grade Back To School Reading List that @literacious "can guarantee kids will love" ow.ly/vbIy30pnij7 #BookList #DiverseBooks
Lodestar Award For Best Young Adult Science Fiction Or Fantasy Book Announced, reports @gail_gauthier ow.ly/zset30pnMwa | Congratulations to Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi @MacKidsBooks #SFF #YA
#Kidlit + #YA bloggers: You can find more details about the 2019 #CYBILS Call for Judges @literacious ow.ly/69Vt30poR1X | Identify excellent + kid-appealing titles in #fiction, #nonfiction, #poetry, #GraphicNovels + more
Growing Bookworms
On The Importance of #PictureBooks for babies, toddlers + older children | @vanessalobue @PsychToday ow.ly/VQmK30pmMJS #literacy #LoveOfBooks
Expert Tips for Keeping Busy Kids Connected to Books | Advice gathered by @olugbemisola @ReadBrightly ow.ly/mXMM30pnMlw | I especially liked “Nothing without joy!”
Ten Ways to Get Reluctant Adolescent Readers Reading by Sherri K. Wilcox @nerdybookclub ow.ly/x8DB30pninA #GrowingBookworms #ReadingCulture
#NoSummerSlide Week 12 – It’s a Secret, tips from @TheReadingTub to sneak in some #literacy while running Spy Training Camp! ow.ly/8hUt30pnipE | We did spy camp at our house a couple of summers ago :-)
I like this idea from @100scopenotes for #SchoolLibraries: Kids + Books + Instax (instant prints of kids w/ favorite books) ow.ly/P35M30po61M #JoyOfReading
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
In today's obvious news that I still appreciated, @WSJ reports that #GraphicNovels are taking off w/ young readers ow.ly/EQJA30po5qf #kidlit #JoyOfReading
I’d Rather Read With My Ears - @WSJopinion on the joys of #Audiobooks ow.ly/U33830po5vr | #reading
Breaking Down the Changes to E-Content in Your Local #Libraries: What You Need to Know — @FuseEightmow.ly/HV9930poRek #eBooks #Audiobooks #Publishing
Parenting, Play + Screen Time
RT @RitaPlatt: Free range children. It's hard. It's scary. But, parents, we have to let them play. Walk to the store, ride their bikes, find new friends, explore their world. Without our intervention. @NewYorkTimes11 nytimes.com/2019/08/17/opi
The Lonely Burden of Today’s Teenage Girls - new research by Mary Pipher and Sara Pipher Gilliam suggests many are becoming more anxious, depressed + solitary ow.ly/1LjN30pniEK @WSJ #SocialMedia
#Homework Doesn’t Have to Be a Constant Battle - an educational psychologist shares constructive ways to get kids to do their h/w ow.ly/aFT430poVqM | Clare Ansberry @WSJ #parenting
‘Adult Recess’ Is Booming, Because Being a Grown-Up Is Hard - @WSJ ow.ly/26rR30po5A0 | I say do what you like, as long as the people participating also support plenty of #recess for kids in #schools
Kids may need to learn to love nature - study finds preference for outdoors isn't a given in childhood + seems to increase over time ow.ly/O94930poR73 #OutdoorPlay @FuturityNews @drdouggreen
Schools and Libraries
Novelty and Mystery – ideas from @ReadByExample to capture students' attention + help them find #flow ow.ly/If0V30pnip5 | Engage the senses when #reading, + more
Public Support Grows for Higher #TeacherPay, School Spending and Expanded #SchoolChoice per 2019 @EducationNext Poll ow.ly/2eGN30po5Oh #CommonCore support also rebounding
Growing Advanced Placement in Montgomery County, MD to improve #EducationalEquity: interesting book excerpt @EducationNext ow.ly/DWgh30poRbq | #AP #schools
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers | Cueing theory / MSV still being used in #ReadingInstruction despite being debunked by cognitive scientists, says @apmreports @ehanford https://t.co/4m414Cw61N?amp=1
Distracted students? San Mateo CA High is locking up cell phones ow.ly/6amI30po5h1 @mercnews #Yondr #schools
This is pretty neat: #Library receipt goes viral after reader saves more than $7,000 (over time) by borrowing books ow.ly/hZy430pmMQk | via @tashrow
STEM
How Revising #Math Exams Turns Students Into Learners, Not Processors | @MindShiftKQED @KaraNewhouse ow.ly/dAZx30poRBR #GrowthMindset
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