Katherine Schlatter
- April 16, 2024
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Why not ask a parent?
Are you in the market for more children’s books that carry meaningful stories and introduce the children in your care to new concepts, ideas, people and situations that make them…
- March 20, 2024
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SABAR Books: Let’s talk book curation this Women’s History Month
Let’s discuss book curation, classroom pedagogy, and children’s literature from some of the most amazing women voices this Women’s History Month. Here we highlight amazing female scholars, Louise Derman-Sparks, Rudine…
- March 12, 2024
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Why not ask a child? The power of child-led curation.
Ask an older child to take a look back through their library at books from when they were younger. What do they see? Ask them to pick out three of…
- February 29, 2024
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What are you doing this LEAP year?
As we enjoy this bonus day of black history month, we are also intersecting and amplifying Her-story. Check out this amazing family activity brought to us by Partner company Afrocentric…
- February 19, 2024
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Expanding the Culture Tree Metaphor
The THENCE Team recommends the book “Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students” . The author, Zaretta Hammond, offers trainings…
- February 10, 2024
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The Lunar New Year: Spring as a Symbol of Renewal & Growth 🌸
We present this craft video by THENCE Team member Nikita Lai Jing Tse . She styled, directed and filmed the making of this 3-Dimensional character for the Chinese words “Chun”…
- January 30, 2024
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What to know about “Discovering and Uncovering Genius” especially during Black History month
In her recent post on THENCE.us, contributor Ashley Causey-Golden, not only introduced us to Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s Book “Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy“, she…
- January 27, 2024
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Activity: Making a box as a metacognitive exercise
Classroom activities that engage children in craftsmanship and analytical skills can stretch and expand learning beyond simple cognition into the realm of reflective thinking, or metacognition. This is especially true…
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Why not ask a parent?
