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Trending News: PHYSICS Friday: Circular Motion with Fall Harvest GameMOTION Monday: Fall Harvest Challenge!Election Day Word SearchExplore the Taurid Meteor ShowerVideo Tutorial Halloween Paper Chain PatternsDigital Halloween Memory Match!Halloween Word SearchDía de los Muertos: Spanish Vocabulary MatchingA Sculptural Art Project with La CatrinaExploring La Calavera Catrina: Día de los MuertosA Teacher’s Guide to Día de los MuertosDiwali Coloring ActivityLesson Plan for Diwali Tabola GamesDiwali Tabola GameCount the Diyas! Diwali Activity!Teacher’s Guide to Diwali The Festival of LightsLesson Plan for Halloween Pattern Card ActivityHalloween Pattern Cards Printable SheetHonoring Hispanic Heritage with Good BooksWhat to Read Aloud This Indigenous Peoples DAY: “Stand as Tall as Trees”Halloween Memory Card Game PLAY now!Audio Book Review: “Our Moon Festival”Light Up Your Harvest Moon Celebration with a Glowing Lantern Engineering Challenge!To Roast or Toss: Lesson PLAN & Printouts!To Roast or Toss? Chestnuts GAME!Moon Cake Coloring ActivityTry the Partial Sums Pumpkin Patch Math Game!What to Read Aloud on World Mental Health Day “This Will Pass: A Story of Mindful Resilience”Halloween Hunt for Shape Detectives!Can You Follow This Halloween Pattern? Interactive Game !Share a Moon Cake Fraction GameRecommended Math Story: “Luna and the Case of the Missing Mooncakes”Interactive Meteor Shower Vocabulary Cards!Lesson Plan: Rolling into Fall with Ramp Physics“Speed Down the Slope” Physics Game!Color, Count & Learn with Animal Backpacks!Rosh Hashanah Apple and Honey Garden GAMECelebrate National Ice Cream Cone Day with Clay CreationsCreate Handmade Cards for World Gratitude DayLearn to Teach Paper Engineering!Interactive Card CraftPop-Up Card CraftPlay it! Learn it! The 1978 Space Invaders Game and The Arcade Revolution Lesson Plan!!!This International Literacy Day, Spark a Love of Reading with TinkerTellStep-by-Step Long Division and Multiplication Grid2 Ways to Practice Multiplication: Digital or DIY!Helping Kids Navigate Back-to-School Jitters Through TinkerTell’s AI StoriesBack-to-School with a Braille Slate & Name Card CraftDIY Nature Windsock CraftDisability Pride Month: Build a Model Wheelchair and Learn about AccessibilityTeddy Bear Picnic Day Coloring PackHonor World Snake Day with STEAM, Crafting & Cultural LearningTry PONG! The 1972 Game That Started It All!Imagine Contemporary US Iconic Imagery Video ProjectIndependence Day Patriotic Wind Sock!Will Using AI Help or Harm Student Cognition or Metacognition? Test Your Learning Objective!Sea Jellies Aquarium Visit Interactive!Who Am I? Interactive Rivers Riddles & Coloring Activity!Book Review: Jellyfish Scientist!African American Music Month: Learn about Jazz Instruments and Legendary Musicians!Honoring Black Music & Caribbean American Heritage Months with STEAM ActivitiesJuneteenth Interactive (age calibrated) TimelineStay-Home Summer Camp Choose Your Adventure!!!Parent’s Survival Guide to the Summer Months!Jelly Fish or Sea Jellies? Create your own Wiggly Sea Creature!Loving Day: Celebrate Love, Law, and Civil Rights this JuneCaribbean American Heritage Month Geography Quiz!Mindfulness Coloring Pack! Download Here👇Let’s Address Children’s Anxiety Through StoriesCreating Volcano Stories With TinkerTell’s AI: Stories & Lesson Plan!Meet the Active Volcanos and Match Them! Game & Coloring Activity Pack!BANG the WONDERS of EARTH’S PHENOMENA Book Review!Shield Volcano Diorama: Volcano Month ActivityBook Review: Abuela’s LetterTeacher Appreciation Activity!Cinco de Mayo Activity Pack!Stone Mill Elementary in DeKalb County, Georgia Creates Water Cycle Stories with TinkerTell’s AIThree Easter Egg Activities! Coloring, Egg Dyeing and a Story with Hidden Math Fun!The Seder Plate for Passover Coloring CraftSchool Library MonthA Day with No Words – Book Review“MC Grammar” a British Rapper Who Believes Reading Matters…World Autism Awareness DayIt’s Cherry Blossom Season in Washington DC, coloring activity, math problem and more!“Blessed Pomegranates” Book Review to Crafts for RamadanMove over St. Patrick! There’s competition!Make a Word Portrait this Women’s History Month!Women’s History Month: Spotlighting Haben GirmaInternational Women’s DayMoon and Star MobileCarnival in New OrleansCarnival in BrazilCarnival Around the WorldMaie’s Magical CarnivalLove, Law, and Civil Rights this Valentine’s DayLantern Craft Completing Lunar New Year EducationLunar New Year 2025: The Year of the SnakeThe Puppet Snake: a Lunar New Year Tale of KindnessHoliday Wellness: The webzine that supports families during the weeks and months of school holidaysIndigenous Peoples’ Day
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Invisibility: Who’s missing from the classroom library?

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Invisibility: Who’s missing from the classroom library?

  • Katherine SchlatterKatherine Schlatter
    • Early Learners , Culturally Responsive Classroom , School Belonging
  • March 18, 2024
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Recognizing invisibility is just as important as spotting stereotypes in children’s books. Here’s how to take a lens to what, or who is not represented in you classroom library.

#OwnVoicesAnti-Bias Educationbook diversity auditchildren’s literature diversityclassroom libraryclassroom library tipsculturally responsive teachingdiverse authorsdiverse booksequity in educationInclusive Educationmulticultural booksrepresentation in literaturestudent voice

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