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Crissi Blair

Bedtime Stories for Young Brains - NYTimes.com - 4 views

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childlit book preschool development

shared by Crissi Blair on 22 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • all pediatric primary care should include literacy promotion, starting at birth
  • how important it is to read to even very young children
  • “When we show them a video of a story, do we short circuit that process a little?” he asked. “Are we taking that job away from them? They’re not having to imagine the story; it’s just being fed to them.”
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  • it is important that young children hear language, and that they need to hear it from people, not from screens.
  • serious disparities in how much language children hear
  • reading picture books with young children may mean that they hear more words, while at the same time, their brains practice creating the images associated with those words
  • Crissi Blair on 22 Aug 15
     
    Research into the benefits, indeed the necessity, of reading to young children.
marycallister

Robin Stevens's top 10 crime capers | Children's books | The Guardian - 1 views

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crime children books the guardian

shared by marycallister on 21 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • marycallister on 21 Aug 15
     
    The author of the Murder Most Unladylike series picks her favourite sleuthing stories, from Sherlock Holmes to Sally Lockhart. Detective books are really popular in our library and I love this list of great crime novels. It also makes me want to check out a few BBC programs too..
anonymous

Reading for pleasure builds empathy and improves wellbeing, research from The Reading A... - 4 views

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literacy Research Reading and empowerment

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  • reading for pleasure can increase empathy, improve relationships with others, reduce the symptoms of depression and the risk of dementia, and improve wellbeing throughout life
  • strong evidence to show that reading for pleasure plays a vital role in improving educational outcomes
  • in the UK, reading levels are low among people of all ages: most children do not read on a daily basis and almost a third of adults don't read for pleasure
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  • reading for pleasure and empowerment
  • better parent-child communication
  • reduction of depression and dementia symptoms among adults.
  • people who choose to read, and enjoy doing so, in their spare time are more likely to reap all of these benefits
  • When I write a story I hope to beguile, to enchant, to bewitch, to perform an act of magic on and with my readers' imaginations.
  • The true aim of writing is to enable the reader better to enjoy life, or better to endure it'."
  • everything changes when we read
  • reading for pleasure has a dramatic impact on life outcomes
  • children who read for pleasure are happier, healthier and do better in life than those who don't
  • Crissi Blair on 17 Aug 15
     
    Research in UK into benefits of reading for pleasure
vmchalick

Serious reading takes a hit from online scanning and skimming, researchers say - The Wa... - 2 views

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  • vmchalick on 14 Apr 14
     
    This article is about the way the digital age is changing the way students are able to read: "We should be simultaneously reading to children from books, giving them print, helping them learn this slower mode, and at the same time steadily increasing their immersion into the technological, digital age. It's both. We have to ask the question: What do we want to preserve?"
denyse1952

I Can Teach My Child! - Activities and resources for parents of young children - 3 views

www.icanteachmychild.com

children crafts toddler learn

shared by denyse1952 on 05 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • denyse1952 on 05 Jun 14
     
    This website is great if your school starts at Year 1. She has some great free resources when you subscribe to her emails. I have printed off science experiments, and also some Bible memory cards. Not suitable for upper primary.
Sheila Duke

Book Reviews, Bestselling Books & Publishing Business News | Publishers Weekly - 2 views

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book reviews childrens

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  • Sheila Duke on 10 Sep 13
     
    Publisher's weekly website
Jan Clothier

Bobs Books Blog | Childrens and Young Adult Book Reviews by Bob Docherty - 3 views

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book reviews books

shared by Jan Clothier on 11 Sep 13 - Cached
  • Jan Clothier on 11 Sep 13
     
    I've often found useful reviews on this blog
  • Lynette Oliver on 11 Sep 13
     
    I've been reading Bob's blog ever since he started it and haven't found him wrong yet :) If he recommends it I usually buy it. We also share the cost with the English Dept every year and get Bob down to talk to the classes - worth every penny and he's not expensive.
  • Lisa Salter on 12 Sep 13
     
    Yes, I agree Bob is a good reviewer. He is also a good presenter. Whangarei Boys High School has a 'Dads and Lads' evening with him which is very popular. I find that all the books he speaks about become popular and it's good to be the first to know about them.
Helen Muxlow

My Best Friends Are Books | News, reviews and interviews from the world of children's l... - 4 views

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bookblog teen books reviews primary secondary

shared by Helen Muxlow on 02 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Helen Muxlow on 02 Sep 13
     
    Book blog written by Christchurch public librarian Zac. Great for keeping up to date with upcoming releases and often good competitions to win books. Children and Teen fiction, good for primary and secondary school.
Anne-Marie Povall

Free Technology for Teachers: Inspire Students to Read and Travel With The Global Books... - 1 views

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books travel children bookshelf

shared by Anne-Marie Povall on 06 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Inspire Students to Read and Travel With The Global Bookshelf The Global Bookshelf is a book search and recommendation engine that was started by my friend Gillian Duffy. The purpose of The Global Bookshelf is to help people find travel stories. The books you'll find aren't travel guides, they're travel stories that could inspire you to visit a new place and experience a new culture. You can browse The Global Bookshelf by region, genre, and book format (Kindle, PDF, physical book). Applications for Education Gillian is very keen to have others add their book reviews to The Global Bookshelf. If you have high school students who have read some travel narratives, consider having them write a review to share on The Global Bookshelf. This is a great way to provide an authentic audience for your students' work.
  • Anne-Marie Povall on 06 Sep 13
     
    I hope this will go to the correct discussion :)
Jenny Whiting

Reading for pleasure puts children ahead in the classroom, study finds - Institute of E... - 7 views

www.ioe.ac.uk/...89938.html

reading research

shared by Jenny Whiting on 25 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Jan Clothier on 25 Nov 13
     
    Findings of a British study that resonate strongly with Dr Cathy Wylie's keynote speech at the 2013 conference. Interesting to note the link between reading for pleasure and achievement in mathematics.
Crissi Blair

Peter O'Connor: The case for local schools - 2 views

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schools Auckland education PeterO'Connor

shared by Crissi Blair on 17 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • So why would you choose your local school now? Simply because all the evidence suggests that the edge in education parents seek is not gained with fancy technological gadgets, nor in this idea of effective or good teachers.
  • The key is in the quality of the relationship that children have with their classroom teacher. And we simply have in New Zealand amongst the very best teachers in the world and you can pretty much trust that the ones in your local school are as good as the ones in that expensive private school down the road.
  • if more of our kids go to their local school, we have a chance to rebuild a sense of community,
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  • And we refuse to be marketed to, to be sold the lie that our community and our school is not as good as that one down the road where the richer kids go to
  • the core role of schools. That role is not literacy and numeracy but about creating a community of happy kids learning about the world and their place in it.
  • Crissi Blair on 17 Aug 15
     
    Peter O'Connor writes about the benefits of local schools in Auckland.
sdknox

Teen author Robert Muchamore banned from London school | Children's books | theguardian... - 6 views

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Banned Books

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  • denyse1952 on 05 Jun 14
     
    We purchased The Recruit by Robert Muchamore. I read it and thought it was a good book. We purchased more of the Cherub series but now only have two in our Library. They became very violent and too graphic. What do other Primary Librarians do at your school with his books please?
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