tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4355384921028593826.post3974060005087739156..comments2019-09-10T17:28:31.219-04:00Comments on From Here to Writernity: Summer Is For Reading! Apple in the Middlekarastewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689384820233898083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4355384921028593826.post-7828495327781384162019-09-10T17:28:31.219-04:002019-09-10T17:28:31.219-04:00Thanks, Jean! I actually got that idea from you an...Thanks, Jean! I actually got that idea from you and Debbie! I listened to your podcast on Kidlit These Days and one of you mentioned using your book, An Indigenous People's History of The United States for Young People, in just that way. I loved that idea that in addition to perhaps being used for a specific teaching point, many books contribute largely to a teacher's background info, which then informs everything they do in the classroom. So I borrowed that idea for Dawn's Apple in the Middle because it is a perfect example of that! (and thank you and Debbie for the idea :) karastewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689384820233898083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4355384921028593826.post-7971594699693544362019-09-10T09:33:21.948-04:002019-09-10T09:33:21.948-04:00Important idea -- that the highest use for some bo...Important idea -- that the highest use for some books is to read them yourself, and let them inform you as an educator or parent (or just as a person in the world). That one's going to sit with me for a while today! So often teachers ask, "How can I use this in my classroom?", forgetting that their own knowledge base and continued learning are what enable them to teach well (or not), and to think beyond whatever governments or administrations expect/want children to know. "Standards" could have been expansive and enlightened but instead they are so often just another way of constraining awareness.Jean Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082939369068823250noreply@blogger.com