Links I Shared on Twitter Recently: July 11: #SummerReading, #GrowingBookworms, + #SchoolReopening Questions
July 11, 2020
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter over the past 3 weeks @JensBookPage. Topics include #BookLists, #coronavirus, #DistanceLearning, #FreeSpeech, #GraphicNovels, #Homeschool, #HybridLearning, #JoshFunk, #JoyOfReading, #literacy, #MentalHealth, #play, #ReadingChoice, #SchoolReopening, #SummerReading, #VirtualLearning, reading, and schools. Hope you find some useful tidbits!
Top Tweet of the Month
It's time for adults to Rewrite the arbitrary Rules of #Reading they impose on kids, says @citecitebaby @nerdybookclub ow.ly/Egyl30qU4am | #ReadingChoice #GraphicNovels #BookAbandonment + more
Book Lists + Summer Reading
#SummerReading 2020: A Collection of #KidLit Links from @clssrmbkshlf @ErikaDawes ow.ly/tWQC30qT2ee | 20+ #BookLists + Publisher Summer #Reading Initiatives
NPR #SummerReader Poll 2020: Nominate Your Favorite Books for Young Kids : @petramatic @NPR ow.ly/HHGX30qT2KT #PictureBooks #EarlyReaders
Themed #SummerReading #BookLists for kids seem like a good way to go to me. Here are 20 Titles for Young Gamers from @literacious ow.ly/qKVY30qT2l6 #kidlit #GraphicNovels #MGLit
Continuing her themed #SummerReading #BookLists, @literacious shares 20 Titles for Young Outdoor Enthusiasts ow.ly/qgUX30qT2nl #OutdoorPlay #MGLit
Free Speech
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate (from various authors, scholars, historians + activists) | @Harpers ow.ly/Zr8v30qX1MJ | I, too, am concerned we have weakened "our norms of #OpenDebate and toleration of differences in favor of ideological conformity" | #FreeSpeech
Growing Bookworms
When Is #Reading Season? asks @RaisingReal @nerdybookclub ow.ly/mnO130qSmvT | "Please consider treating reading habits like you would a sport." #ReadingChoice + time + celebration of milestones
Just Read This: #Literacy + #Reading News: June 2020 ow.ly/RkEW30qXl1I Fighting #SummerSlide, #ScreenFree activities, #DigitalLearning activities + bookish getaways from @TheReadingTub
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
A response to my recent piece from @gail_gauthier | "Gone-Away Lake" And Books As Places To Escape To ow.ly/P41w30qT6u7 | She wonders how 21st century kids new to the book would feel about it. My daughter was, sadly, meh on it. But that doesn't diminish my #BookLove
Tune Into Funk & Friends! New “ #KidLit Late Night Show” hosted by author @joshfunkbooks | guests inc. @Jess_Keating + @kmoorebooks ow.ly/ef4u30qXJIu
When family + literary values collide. @KMcCaughrain is shocked to learn of family members who never read prologues ow.ly/VcOh30qXJJK | #reading @AwfullyBigBlog
Parenting + Play
At @TheReadingTub, Terry is going #OldSchool with a #CovidSummer Activities Series. In Part 1 she proposes the Family #ObstacleCourse ow.ly/h5Ps30qSHRS #Play
Schools and Libraries
But How Do We Build Community w/ Students? Ideas for #VirtualLearning + #HybridLearning @pernilleripp ow.ly/zxxJ30qXJUE | yard visits, welcome videos, postcards + more
What American Families Experienced When #Covid19 Closed Their #Schools - @EducationNext survey results ow.ly/Bwuv30qX1ew | Parents (+ espec. teachers) report less #learning w/ #DistanceLearning vs. in class, but parents relatively satisfied anyway
U.S. Pediatricians Call For In-Person #School This Fall - @anya1anya @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/nasI30qWplC @AmerAcadPeds : "schools are fundamental to child and adolescent development and well-being" | #MentalHealth #DistanceLearning
#ReopeningSchools—Insights from Denmark and Finland ow.ly/jvUK30qXl0g | Staggered reopenings, staggered arrival times, hotlines, handwashing + more @EmiVegasV @BrookingsInst #schools
#SchoolOpenings across globe suggest ways to keep #coronavirus at bay, despite outbreaks | @GretchenVogel1 @NewsfromScience @ScienceMagazine ow.ly/P5zl30qX1wK | More/better research needed on various strategies
5 Radical Schooling Ideas For An Uncertain Fall And Beyond - @anya1anya @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/z2gA30qSmBq | Support for families + teens, individualized #learning, #homeschool co-ops + more
An encouraging article re: #Coronavirus: Kids less likely to get infected, spread to others ow.ly/2YbD30qXFWx "school-based transmission could be a manageable problem ... elementary school aged-children ... appear to be at the lowest risk of infection" @mercnews
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