by Kim Jacobs | Aug 22, 2021 | Blog
Resource Spotlight: Your Local Library To say that I read a lot of books would be an understatement on par with saying that blue whales are large animals. I read with my students, especially the younger ones. I read to find books to suggest to students. I read for my...
by Kim Jacobs | Jun 26, 2021 | Kids
Engaging Reluctant Readers, or When is Reading Like Eating Broccoli? Some kids seem to be born as voracious readers. (Full disclosure: that was me.) As a kid, I never met a book I didn’t like. I read the back of cereal boxes, tubes of toothpaste, even junk mail. If...
by Kim Jacobs | May 30, 2021 | Kids
Summer Reading: Fun for All! Schools and libraries know that reading is one of the most important skills for learning, and rightly worry that if reading falls off in the summer months, it will be that much harder to get back into the swing of things when school starts...
by Kim Jacobs | Apr 29, 2021 | Kids
Resource Spotlight: Who Smarted? Who Smarted? is a free educational podcast aimed at elementary aged children. The episodes are fun and engaging, and pack a ton of information into relatively small packages (they’re all about 12 minutes long). As of April 25,...
by Kim Jacobs | Apr 25, 2021 | Kids
You Think It’s A Game? You Bet! I use games with my students frequently. It might seem obvious that learning through play works well with younger students, but I find that even older students, such as teenagers, benefit from games. Many games are more obviously...
