September 16, 2019 Blathering interrupters are exhausting. We’ve all been cornered by them, whether it’s an over-talking, sentence-finishing workplace colleague, an opinionated family member at a holiday gathering, or a social acquaintance lobbing rhetorical questions into the mix with zero intention of awaiting an answer. More often than not, they appear as if they can’t … [Read more...]
Listen Up! Kid Lit With a Quiet Message That Needs Heard
Filed Under: Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Blabbermouths, diversity in kidlit, Early readers, kidlit, kids media literacy, life skills, Listening, over-talking, Patrice Barton, Quiet Please Owen McPhee, Read Across America, reading, Reading Partners, SEL, Social Emotional Learning, social shunning, storytelling, talking too much, The Invisible Boy, Trudy Ludwig