Educational Links 3/20/2020

8 Ways To Create A Brain-Friendly Classroom

https://wegrowteachers.com/8-ways-to-create-a-brain-friendly-classroom/?fbclid=IwAR2pxyPMUqRmjlGMvh8fU5an-Ukfs22lzLb5maKAfWLYSNNeo6Mz6IeJ7tc

25 Ways Kids Can Read Free eBooks

https://www.weareteachers.com/download-free-ebooks/

During Coronavirus, a Teacher Describes the Scramble to Go Digital

https://www.edutopia.org/article/during-coronavirus-teacher-describes-scramble-go-digital

Just Let Them Play: An Alternative Approach to Schooling at Home During the Quarantine

https://www.weareteachers.com/just-let-them-play/

Home-Schooling Tweens and Teens During Coronavirus Closings

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/well/family/coronavirus-school-closings-homeschooling-tweens-teens.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR0wRI2kYt1Y6I5SJuE7DDKrPyexk6pBWqHx7Nk9AMYtBjOJ_9YN73dH_Jc

How to Support Home Learning in Elementary Grades

https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-support-home-learning-early-elementary

Free Historical Coloring Pages

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/03/free-historical-coloring-pages.html?fbclid=IwAR2JsQFHDEAy02xo_L6ymD-RC7jaAK-qHhzhJwhTdwEkqLhj0c6RTJZn4MI

Teaching Through a Pandemic: A Mindset for This Moment

https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-through-pandemic-mindset-moment

Hundreds of teachers, many of them operating in countries where teach-from-home has been in place for weeks, weigh in on the mental approach you need to stay grounded in this difficult time.

Summer Bump Not Slump: READ! READ! READ!

2018 ALSC Summer Reading Lists

 http://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/book-lists/2018-summer-reading-list

The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge™ is a free online reading program for children.

https://www.scholastic.com/summer/home/

Popular Summer Reading List Books

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/summer-reading-list

Raise a Reader!

http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/read/ 

Book Adventure-

 http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx

Get Free Kids Stuff From Summer Reading Programs for Kids

http://freebies.about.com/od/familyfreestuff/tp/summer-reading.htm 

{Barnes and Noble Summer Reading}

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/summer-reading/_/N-rs9

A Book, a Physical Book...

Loving the library.

A book, a physical book, is like a familiar teddy bear that can cuddle in bed with you, smile to you from your bedstand, have a lunch date at your favorite diner--with you as the power source. A book, a physical book, is a momento from childhood, a rite of passage filled with notes and comments in the margins of a college text in your own handwriting (with a pen), a powerful army of soldiers lined up on your bookshelf creating a physical, three dimensional fortress to fight the Battle of Ignorance and Boredom. And books, physical books, supply the tactile, visual and olfactory stimulation we need. 

Given to 10 year old MzTeachuh by Aunt Irene.

This is a copy of Black Beauty my Aunt Irene gave to me in 1960 (along with Little Women) because you can also wrap physical books up pretty as a gift for a ten-year-old, or save them for future generations as a tradition of literacy. My eldest child (UC Berkeley grad, English major) is starting a family library, and I'm one of the contributors. So far I've contributed lots of history, mainly from David McCullough. What a privilege to join the league of libraries throughout history!


Paperback Swap
http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php?r_by=dguglielmini@yahoo.com 

First Book
http://www.firstbook.org/

Bet You Don’t Know The Answer: Why Do Books Smell?

http://www.edudemic.com/book-smell-infographic/comment-page-1/#comment-212301 

 

A Book, a Physical Book...

Loving the library.

A book, a physical book, is like a familiar teddy bear that can cuddle in bed with you, smile to you from your bedstand, have a lunch date at your favorite diner--with you as the power source. A book, a physical book, is a momento from childhood, a rite of passage filled with notes and comments in the margins of a college text in your own handwriting (with a pen), a powerful army of soldiers lined up on your bookshelf creating a physical, three dimensional fortress to fight the Battle of Ignorance and Boredom. And books, physical books, supply the tactile, visual and olfactory stimulation we need. 

Given to 10 year old MzTeachuh by Aunt Irene.

This is a copy of Black Beauty my Aunt Irene gave to me in 1960 (along with Little Women) because you can also wrap physical books up pretty as a gift for a ten-year-old, or save them for future generations as a tradition of literacy. My eldest child (UC Berkeley grad, English major) is starting a family library, and I'm one of the contributors. So far I've contributed lots of history, mainly from David McCullough. What a privilege to join the league of libraries throughout history!


Paperback Swap
http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php?r_by=dguglielmini@yahoo.com 

First Book
http://www.firstbook.org/

Bet You Don’t Know The Answer: Why Do Books Smell?

http://www.edudemic.com/book-smell-infographic/comment-page-1/#comment-212301 

 

Summer Bump Not Slump: Summer Reading Opportunities

2017 ALSC Summer Reading Lists

 http://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/book-lists/2017-summer-reading-list

The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge™ is a free online reading program for children.

http://www.scholastic.com/ups/campaigns/src-2014 

Popular Summer Reading List Books

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/summer-reading-list

Raise a Reader!

http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/read/ 

Book Adventure-

 http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx

Get Free Kids Stuff From Summer Reading Programs for Kids

http://freebies.about.com/od/familyfreestuff/tp/summer-reading.htm 

{Barnes and Noble Summer Reading}

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/summer-reading/_/N-rs9

2017 ALSC Summer Reading Lists

 http://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/book-lists/2017-summer-reading-list

The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge™ is a free online reading program for children.

http://www.scholastic.com/ups/campaigns/src-2014 

Popular Summer Reading List Books

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/summer-reading-list

Raise a Reader!

http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/read/ 

Book Adventure-

 http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx

Get Free Kids Stuff From Summer Reading Programs for Kids

http://freebies.about.com/od/familyfreestuff/tp/summer-reading.htm 

{Barnes and Noble Summer Reading}

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/summer-reading/_/N-rs9

 

 

Et Tu, Higher Level Thinking? Tweets of the Day 10/11/13

Let's get into it http://www.rsc.org.uk/education/how-our-work-makes-a-difference/research-case-studies.aspx

1. Why Shakespeare Matters

http://www.rsc.org.uk/explore/blogs/learning-lines/why-shakespeare-matters/

2. A List Of 50+ Teaching Strategies To Jumpstart Your Teacher Brain

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/50-teaching-strategies-to-jumpstart-your-teacher-brain/ 

3. Free Books - 23,469 classics to go.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-books-23-469-classics/id364612911?mt=8 

4. All About Me Booklet

http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/All-About-Me-Booklet-3010789/ 

5. Research Round-Up: Mindfulness in Schools

http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/research_round_up_school_based_mindfulness_programs 

6. Daniel Goleman on the Importance of Cultivating Focus (Video Playlist)

http://www.edutopia.org/daniel-goleman-focus-video?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=video-daniel-goleman-quote-1 

7. Using Music to Close the Academic Gap

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/10/using-music-to-close-the-academic-gap/280362/ 

Redbridge kids' musical gift http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/image_galleries/redbridge_intstuments_gallery.shtml

 

Let's Read! Current Trends in Little Kid Books

Corduroy's friend Bearymore

Kids of all ages, one to ninety-two, enjoy exploring the children's section of the bookstore. Old friends and new friends await us. Recently, I was delighted to greet my old friend Corduroy in the bookstore, although his buddy Bearymore was absent. That troublemaker Curious George was there.You gotta look out for him. I was delayed in the Hundred Acre Wood for quite awhile with my friend of very little brain, Pooh. I like to visit him because, as you know, Christopher Robin left for school. I met with Laura, Ma and Pa, sisters and Jack, and Anne with an 'e' greeted me from the bigger kid section of the all hallowed 'chapter books.' The Pokey Lil Puppy and the Little Engine that Could are also looking for new little friends, even in 2012.