Last week, I was able to watch one of my all time favorite Turner Classic Movies featuring Spencer Tracy, entitled Inherit the Wind. Produced in 1960, the film is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial, which resulted in John T. Scopes’ conviction for teaching Charles Darwin’s
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The faculty and guest readers at Touro’s World Book Day created a resource list for all the books we highlighted. I have inserted the resources below for you to review and
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The Caldecott Medal winners for 2021 will be announced in January. I have my favorite to share with you in this post, which I will evaluate my using the Caldecott criteria listed for this award. I’ll also suggest a
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Recently, my granddaughter Lilly came to visit – it was early on in the “self-quarantine” process for COVID 19,
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(Reading with my grandmother and sister, circa 1952)
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I watch my four-year-old granddaughter’s rapt attention to the apps and videos on her iPad. I marvel at the way her fingers deftly tap the
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The summer went by so quickly, and all of my grandchildren are entering their second week of school. The older ones freely share their thoughts
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Your child was born into a technologically saturated world. Some four-year-olds even have their own iPads. Young children are learning to read and write in digital age. Therefore, it seems appropriate to integrate these resources into your shared reading
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During a recent visit to Scotland, I read an interesting article entitled “Children Who Love Reading are Happier” in The Times (September
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I recently attended a webinar entitled “A Level is a Teacher’s Tool, NOT a Child’s Label,” moderated by two of my favorite educators – Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell. I found myself cheering as they clearly articulated the differences
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