Teacher Talk Tuesday
Scratch that, Teacher Talk Tuesday Wednesday
I'm excited about this sporadic staple (is that an oxymoron?) here on the blog because I get to approach this from two different perspectives now... as a teacher and as a mom! A lot of parallels can be drawn between teaching and parenting and I am excited to explore what I know about teaching from the parenting perspective (and interested to see how being a parent effects my teacher brain for that matter).
To start, I'd like to revisit a post I wrote where I discuss the importance of reading to your kids. This is something I've thought a lot about over the last many months and I have to say, it's easier said than done. I'm slowly realizing that building a solid foundation for Will is going to take so much more than just filling his room with books and reading them to him. No, no... this is going to require much, much more.
Luckily, I found just the resource yesterday to help me navigate this new role as a parent who is also a teacher. Tim Shanahan is one of my go to educational researchers. His literacy framework (explained well here) has been a valuable resource for me especially since stepping into my role as literacy coach. He offers a "no frills" perspective on many aspects of teaching and is always focused on effective instruction for students. I really like him, a lot.
His blog is a great resource for any teacher. He updates regularly, covers a variety of topics, and is very interactive with his readers both through answering questions from readers as posts or in the comments section (I've even left questions in the comment section and he responded! It was sort of like a celebrity sighting :). Just yesterday he wrote a post about how he taught his daughters to read and I was practically giddy. While I don't plan to follow his approach to a T (not really interested in reading The Odyssey to our infant son... but maybe Mike will be) it is so interesting to read about his approach, perspective, and experience. I'm excited to read more from him.
If you happen to be a teacher I encourage you to peruse the side bar on his blog and click on a topic that interests you. Spread the Tim Shanahan love, why don't ya? :)
I'm excited about this sporadic staple (is that an oxymoron?) here on the blog because I get to approach this from two different perspectives now... as a teacher and as a mom! A lot of parallels can be drawn between teaching and parenting and I am excited to explore what I know about teaching from the parenting perspective (and interested to see how being a parent effects my teacher brain for that matter).
To start, I'd like to revisit a post I wrote where I discuss the importance of reading to your kids. This is something I've thought a lot about over the last many months and I have to say, it's easier said than done. I'm slowly realizing that building a solid foundation for Will is going to take so much more than just filling his room with books and reading them to him. No, no... this is going to require much, much more.
Luckily, I found just the resource yesterday to help me navigate this new role as a parent who is also a teacher. Tim Shanahan is one of my go to educational researchers. His literacy framework (explained well here) has been a valuable resource for me especially since stepping into my role as literacy coach. He offers a "no frills" perspective on many aspects of teaching and is always focused on effective instruction for students. I really like him, a lot.
His blog is a great resource for any teacher. He updates regularly, covers a variety of topics, and is very interactive with his readers both through answering questions from readers as posts or in the comments section (I've even left questions in the comment section and he responded! It was sort of like a celebrity sighting :). Just yesterday he wrote a post about how he taught his daughters to read and I was practically giddy. While I don't plan to follow his approach to a T (not really interested in reading The Odyssey to our infant son... but maybe Mike will be) it is so interesting to read about his approach, perspective, and experience. I'm excited to read more from him.
If you happen to be a teacher I encourage you to peruse the side bar on his blog and click on a topic that interests you. Spread the Tim Shanahan love, why don't ya? :)
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