Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: March 13: Just Stay Home and Read If You Can Edition
March 13, 2020
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #BookLists, #coronavirus, #Giftedness, #GirlScouts, #JoyOfReading, #LearningDifferences, #LEGO, #OnlineLearning, #play, #ReadAloud, #recess, #STEM, #Studying, and schools. Stay healthy, my friends!
Top Tweets of the Week
Good news here: How #play is making a comeback in #kindergarten classrooms ow.ly/UFKV30qnXnU @jackiemader @hechingerreport @NBCNews | Has the pendulum started swinging back?
I think that BLOOM, the first of a new #ScienceFiction / #thriller series for kids by @kennethoppel is going to be a huge hit. I picked it up just to check it out and couldn't put it down until I was finished. @randomhousekids https://amzn.to/2xtxRfh
Book Lists
10 #Nonfiction Children’s Books That Humanize Mathematics - @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/rVYg30qo9em #BookList #PictureBooks #STEM
Funny books encourage #JoyOfReading for kids. I like this #BookList of Funny Realistic Fiction Novels for Middle Grades by @ariannecostner @nerdybookclub ow.ly/X45s30qnWJu #MGLit
Events, Programs + Research
This warmed my heart: Teen #GirlScout is setting up hospital libraries so babies born early, as she was (+ my daughter was), can hear their parents #ReadAloud to them in the #NICU ow.ly/xT1i30qnQcZ @CNN
These Two Revision Strategies Can Prepare You For An Exam Much Better Than Just Restudying Your Notes – @mattbwarren @ResearchDigest ow.ly/VySU30qoGPb #testing #studying
Growing Bookworms
#Reading IS the Best Intervention: "our most fragile readers need to have texts of appropriate difficulty in their hands all day long" (Allington), not worksheets + short passages that kill #JoyOfReading @LRobbTeacher https://t.co/ChwiHszKE4?amp=1
What #ChapterBooks Are You Reading Aloud to Students? Survey for K-8 Educators in the US from @pernilleripp ow.ly/vJ1G30qpk9N #ReadAloud #JoyOfReading
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
A New #Podcast for Your Children: #StorySeeds Is Live! Host is @fuseeight ow.ly/IS8E30qpk7j @LitSafariMedia @litsafari | Note special PSA on #coronavirus by @JasonReynolds83 | I have subscribed
This is fun: Dutch Artists Paint Giant Bookcase On An Apartment Building Featuring Residents’ Favorite Books | @boredpanda ow.ly/y3aI30qnQlY #JoyOfReading
The importance of #YAF by @VanessaHarbour @AwfullyBigBlog ow.ly/pCvU30qpk3c | "Get out there are and write the best (non-didactic) young adult stories that can make a difference." #YA #kidlit #writing
Parenting + Play
Interesting: LEGO Is Probably The Biggest Education Company On Earth ow.ly/TVfF30qnXhm@Forbes #Learning through #Play @LEGOfoundation
Sounds worth trying to me: Doubling #Recess Time to Put #Play Back in the School Day - @AlysonRKlein @educationweek https://t.co/qQz0h4fZYo?amp=1
Schools, Libraries + Covid-19
#Coronavirus closing your kid’s school? One parent’s plan for #DaddySchool | @educationgadfly ow.ly/esoS30qnXsz | I especially like "gym" for 90 minutes/day, + keeping regular recreational #ScreenTime limits in place
Amid #coronavirus fears, the #CDC told schools to plan for #RemoteLearning. That’s harder than it sounds. ow.ly/8PH830qo9eN @Chalkbeat | Most aren't ready + research generally shows online instruction less effective than in-person
Read, Wonder, and Learn! Favorite #kidlit Authors & Illustrators Share Resources for #Learning Anywhere in preparation for possible school closures. Collected + hosted by @KateMessner ow.ly/QfGF30qoGRd | #STEM, #poetry + more
Letting Go of Labels, whether of #LearningDifferences or #Giftedness, that impede #Learning - @MarlaSzwast | ow.ly/O8GJ30qoxOk "I worry that our cultural obsession with labeling abilities gets in the way of providing sound development for our kids"
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