Exploring Education

Exploring Education

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Exploring Education episodes

  • Move Over Wimpy Kid and Bye-Bye Babysitters--Series Book Suggestions to Check Out!

    Educators and parents who are looking for suggestions of series books that appeal to the readers who gravitate toward the same titles time and time again will appreciate this episode where we feature a chat with Christine Campisi, our beloved book loving Librarian.  Christine shares her suggestions for series that will help kids add variety to their reading lives while also sticking within a genre that feels good to them.

    29 min
  • Perspectives and Permissions: A Chat with Educational Services

    This episode features two educators who work in RBUSD educational services, Susan Wildes and Karin Sato.  They share their candid perspectives on distance learning and the life-long skills children have an opportunity to develop right now.  Listeners will also hear suggestions for how families and students can give themselves permission to take a break when needed in order to keep calm and balance in the home.  

    34 min
  • "I will not cut the waffles."

    Let's talk about building independence in our children.  Give them the tools to cut their own waffles! Listen to this episode for prompts to support efficient problem solving as readers and writers! 

    14 min
  • Engaging Mathematical Thinking

    This episode features two amazing educators who will happen to just love Math! Heather Ladd and Agnes Kiazolu join us to share their thoughts about how to engage and inspire our young Mathematicians as well as some concrete examples of the types of conversations parents can have with their children to promote Mathematical thinking.

    13 min
  • Creating flexible home learning environments

    Join us to listen to some great tips and strategies from our guests on this episode, Kerri Pennings and Brenda Restori.  Kerri is one of our Resource Specialists at Washington Elementary and Brenda is a school psychologist in RBUSD.  This episode is focused on things that parents can to do help their child create a plan for the day's learning, and how to chunk assignments to manage a workload and increase time on task. 

    15 min
  • Sharing Stories

    This episode highlights the power and importance of sharing life stories with our young readers and writers. 

    8 min
  • Setting Goals

    Let's talk with our kids about the goals that they have for themselves as learners!  This episode focuses on helping your child create and manage relevant goals.  Enjoy!

    10 min

About Exploring Education

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Welcome to Exploring Education. Our goal is to provide our community at large with tips, tricks and best practices for education both at school and at home. We focus on what matters most for young…