Jen Robinson

The other day my daughter decided, for reasons that aren't completely clear to me, to make her own crossword puzzle. She started by coming up with a list of words, all related to trees

Topics this busy week include #Audiobooks, #BookLists, #ChildDevelopment, #ComputerScience, #Education, #FreeRangeKids, #GenderGap, #Giftedness, #GRA19, #GrowingBookworms, #HigherEd, #Homework, #KFRR, #literacy, #LoveOfReading, #phonics, #Play, #ReadingLevels, #ReadingLogs, #Scholastic, #ScreenTime, #STEM, #Writing, and parenting. Encouraging Girls to Persist in Science and Math, 3 barriers w/ proposed solutions | carlyberwick edutopia via drdouggreen ow.ly/WWds30oh8wv stereotypes, GrowthMindset, resilience 5 PictureBooks that remind us to trust kids' development + foster independence in childhood ow.ly/DKM330ojHMT HonorsGradU New STEM-themed kidlit: What Good Does It Do To Break A Child’s Heart? by JoKnowles nerdybookclub ow.ly/WzDV30ojHgP | Books about sad topics can "open minds + inspire thoughtful discussion" + help kids grow Terry TheReadingTub One Year as a CellPhone Free School + Not Looking Back – pernilleripp shares her students' largely positive experience (less anxiety / FOMO, more socializing w/ friends in person instead of on SocialMedia) https://t.co/IuUNC6HTIS To Boost Learning, Just Add Movement, w/ 6 ways to add more movement to classroom instruction cultofpedagogy ow.ly/T6zm30ohFEP | schools

In the last four weeks I finished three middle grade titles, two young adult titles, and eight adult titles (three fiction and five nonfiction). Completed March 8, 2019, read aloud to my daughter. Completed March 22, 2019, read aloud to my daughter. Completed March 27, 2019, read aloud to my daughter.

I told her I didn't think I could do it during the work day (though sitting around all week reading books while she's in school sounds heavenly right about now) but that I'd be open to trying it when she's at home. I think it will most likely be a screen-minimum week that has exceptions for things like: For right now I am cherishing the fact that my daughter has (somewhat anyway) absorbed the idea that HER time is better spent reading, writing, drawing, and playing than sitting around tapping away on a tablet. This Saturday afternoon, even without a contest, we spent some time in matching recliners each reading our respective (print) books, without a device in sight.