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• in Family
  KidVid: Scholastic Storybook Treasures My First Collection Vol. 3 featuring Chicken Little
  13 stories from Scholastic Storybook Treasures, including three new videos.
  by missbobetier / on Jun 13, 2012
• in Family
  Introduce Children to Enduring, Classic Children’s Stories on DVD, “Caldecott Favorites”
  Introduce children to enduring, classic children’s stories on DVD, “Caldecott Favorites”
  by missbobetier / on Nov 22, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Reach Out And Read: Books Make It Better
  Literacy is key to the learning of each and every individual as they enter this world with a blank slate.
  by jareason / on Oct 26, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “literacy”

 

• Family Crafting and Writing for Early Literacy

  
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  When we present ECRR-based storytimes, we demonstrate five everyday practices that are important for children’s cognitive, physical, and social development.  These practices- Talk, Sing, Read, Write, Play- promote brain, gross and fine motor growth, the foundation upon which children’s future learning depends.  ...
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• Library News: NovelNY library consortia picks up Gannett Newstand Complete — it includes the Ithaca Journal

  
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  I am pleased to announce that, beginning July 1, 2013 NOVELNY will over statewide access to Gannett Newstand Complete (ProQuest).  This database: Contains over 85 Gannett newspapers, 6 of which are New York newspapers.  These include the Ithaca Journal, Poughkeepsie Journal, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, ...
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• Financial Literacy: Ideas for a Science of Good Government

  
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  Ideas for a Science of Good Government 1883 by Hon. Peter Cooper, LL.D. COIN AND PAPER CURRENCY “ THE CAUSE AND CURE OF NATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL DISTRESS IN THE UNITED STATES. To the Producing Classes in the Union : The … Continue reading → go to the CyberPlayGround for complete article.
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• 80s Music – Songs Of Disenchantment

  
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  My daughter is doing a school project dealing with music’s social impact. The students are being asked to pick a decade and research songs from that period, while looking at the social issues people faced at that time. She chose to look at the 80s and her preliminary inquiry brought up the cold war, nuclear ...
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• Bookworm’s Nook: “I like the brainy, self sufficient, independent women who can do it all …”

  
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  Bookworm’s Nook a writer’s perspective Hello and welcome, Ey Wade!! Would you like to share a bit about yourself? I am a caged in frustrated author of thought provoking, mind bending e-Books, an occasional step-in parent, a fountain of knowledge, and I’m ready to share. I write what I would like to say and I ...
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• Grants Available to Assist in Family Learning

  
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  To reach long-sought goals of high educational achievement for all students, there must be stronger collaboration between schools and families. The National Center for Family Literacy and Toyota are partnering to promote such efforts, beginning with a grant program for communities. Additional details below and ...
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• Reading Progress In Children Hindered By E-Books And Kindles

  
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  The number of young digital readers has doubled in recent years, which means in time there may be a generation of kids who will avoid picking up a “real” book altogether in favor of screen devices. Although the conveniences of e-readers, iPads, and Kindles permit for reading various genres of e-books, comics, and ...
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• Reflections on a Scene (or Two)

  
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  We don’t write about sports very much here at NCN and today will be no different.  After all, what is there to say here.  The photograph pictures the Miami Heat’s  four time MVP LeBron James about to take the Chicago Bulls’ Jimmy Butler to the basket.  The only suspense is whether it will be a three point ...
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• Webcast: Examining the Scientific Basis Around Exercise and Diet Claims

  
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  Tim Noakes is the Director of UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine , Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town and Professor, Discovery Health Chair of Exercise and Sports Science, University of Cape Town. Tim examines some questions on science and ...
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• What Close Reading Actually Means

  
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  by Grant Wiggins, Ph.D, Authentic Education What is close reading? As I said in my previous blog post, whatever it is it differs from a personal response to the text. Here is what the Common Core ELA Standards... The post What Close Reading Actually Means appeared first on TeachThought . Related posts: ...
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• 15 Reasons Why You Should Participate In Accio Books

  
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  1. Because you really don’t need five copies of the Deathly Hallows… We all went a bit overboard when it was finally released, but in retrospect, one copy- perhaps two- is plenty for one person. Why not let less fortunate children experience the magic of Harry Potter? 2. Because let’s face it: your books are ...
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• Operation HOPE and the Gallup-HOPE Index Cited in U.S. Senate Resolution for Financial Literacy Month, 2013

  
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       Operation HOPE, the organization that helped to pioneer financial literacy as U.S. federal policy in January, 2008, as then President George W. Bush signed an Executive Order inspired by our on-the-ground work, is proud to once again have its work cited amongst U.S. policy makers. The U.S. ...
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• A Teacher-Leader Testimonial on our work from Operation HOPE South Africa

  
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        Good Afternoon Mr John Bryant  I do hope that I find you well. I would like to thank you for sparing your time and effort to come and address my learners at Sandtonview Combined School, on Monday the 22rd of April 2013. Your presentation was so inspiring to me as the Educator/Teacher ...
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• Subjective Probabilities, Ratings, Handicappers, and Open Access Online Scientific Literature

  
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  In a previous post I proposed an iterative process that can be used sequentially add information to the rating of research proposals, providing quantitative results. This post extends that method to show how information on the source of the proposal and the source of the review can be used to improve the results. It ...
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• ACRL 2013 Conference Notes: On Creating a Culture of Assessment

  
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  ACRL Panel Session Topic: Creating a Culture of Assessment: Determinants of Success Date: Friday, April 12, 2013, 8:30am Since I did the preconference on assessment earlier, I figured this would be a nice addition to my learning experience. Plus, the preconference presenters did recommend it. On defining a ...
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• 05-10-13 Scholarships for Food, Fiber & More AgriCULTURE in the Classroom Summer Institute…UPDATE

  
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  There has been a great response by teachers to both the Durango and Castle Rock Food, Fiber & More AgriCULTURE in the Classroom Summer Institute. CFA provides a scholarship to cover the $250 cost for each teacher to attend an institute. The scholarship includes two continuing education credits from Colorado State ...
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• India could not have economic growth without quality universal education

  
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  We speak to Madhav Chavan, CEO of Indian NGO Pratham, about moving policy from school attendance to quality of education, and the impact of a communist upbringing Firstly, tell us what Pratham does? Our charity was set up in 1994 and has been working as a tripartite partnership between the government, the ...
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• If You Get a Law Degree, Will You Be Able to Pay for it Later?

  
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  The Job Outlook for Law Students By most all accounts the job market for lawyers is not at its most robust. The word “dismal” has been tossed about in the media and across the law school/student blogosphere. “Bleak” is another of the popular adjectives used to describe the outlook for traditional attorney ...
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• How To Create A Custom Search Engine For Your Students

  
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  While many teachers embrace the chaos of digital research (it is the “real world,” after all), for others setting students loose on Google is a recipe for a research project chock-full of Yahoo! Answers and... The post How To Create A Custom Search Engine For Your Students appeared first on TeachThought . ...
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• Facts about Illiteracy

  
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  Literate nation is a blessing. Where there is no literacy, there is more room for crimes and different unsocial behaviors. All over the world, there have been events arranged to create awareness about education but with all these futile efforts, the issue of illiteracy has some interesting facts and statistics. ...
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