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- Dec 18, 2020
- 2 min
Teaching Tidbit #7 - Hands-On Activity Book Recommendations
In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits episode, Ashley talks about incorporating more hands-on activities into the classroom (or at home), and she shares three of her favorite books for making it easier to find and do activities with kids. Ashley shares two books by Asia Citro, creator of Fun at Home with Kids. Ashley talks about 150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids: The Very Best and Easiest Playtime Activities from FunAtHomeWithKids.com! and The Curious Kid's Science Book: 100
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- Nov 6, 2020
- 1 min
Teaching Tidbits 4: Picture Books that Encourage Mindfulness
In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits episode, Ashley shares two books that encourage mindfulness in children. Ashley talks about Susan Verde and Peter H Reynolds's I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness (which is one of the I Am... books; this series encourages mindfulness and compassion, the latest of which came out in September and is called I Am One) and Brendan Wenzel's A Stone Sat Still. If you're looking to get started with the I Am books, here is a good boxed set of three of
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- Oct 9, 2020
- 1 min
Teaching Tidbits 2: Technology during the Time of Virtual Teaching with Ashley
In this Unabridged Teaching Tidbits episode, Ashley talks about some tips for surviving the trials and tribulations of using technology during the era of virtual teaching. She builds off of what Jen shared in Teaching Tidbit #1 about her experience with virtual teaching so far (you can listen here if you missed Jen's episode!), and Ashley talks about a few things that have helped her navigate technology during this time. #shownotes #ownvoices #teachingtidbits #teachers #teac
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- Jan 22, 2020
- 2 min
Welcome - Introduction and Overview
Just getting started with Unabridged Podcast? Welcome! We're Ashley, Jen, and Sara, and we are teachers and podcasters who are passionate about books. We have four kinds of posts here on our blog. On Mondays, we post about our Bookish Faves, on Tuesdays we do Pub Day Shout-outs, on Wednesdays our episodes drop, and on Fridays, we post book reviews. (Be on the lookout on Thursdays, too; we sometimes have an extra post then!) There are many ways to connect with us! In addition
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