From the Middle Podcast

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Episode 29- After a little Covid hiatus, we are back. We had the lovely Allyson back on and chatted about what we’ve been doing since the last time we recorded, which was March. We talk about virtual teaching, a little on Covid in general, and the things that we are enjoying on tv and reading.

Emily In Paris

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8962124/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Virgin River

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9077530/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Friday Night Lights

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758745/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Outer Banks

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10293938/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

American Royals by Katharine McGee

https://www.amazon.com/American-Royals-Katharine-McGee/dp/1984830201/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=american+royal&qid=1603660253&sr=8-1

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Episode 28 - Honored to record this episode at the Ron Clark Academy with co-founder Kim Bearden. Kim is a best selling author, award winning teacher, and overall superstar. We discussed how Ron Clark Academy was created, the importance of relationships (can’t talk about this enough), Soul care, tv’s Survivor, and a million other topics. We could have talked to her for hours. We hope you enjoy listening to our conversation just as much as we enjoyed having it.

www.kimbearden.com

www.ronclarkacademy.com

Talk to Me: Finding the Right Words to Inspire, Encourage and Get Things Done by Kim Bearden

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1946444855/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_vyfyEbBF8WZRT

Crash Course: The Life Lessons My Students Taught Me by Kim Bearden

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1451687710/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_hueyEb274YJSD

The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child,

by Ron Clark

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316424773/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_QzfyEbFBNXYJS

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Episode 27 -

We talked about how fabulous this woman was when we returned from AMLE, so we feel so lucky to have teacher, Dean of Students, and speaker Kim Campbell as a guest on the podcast. We talk about the importance of movement, engaging boys, building relationships, and a little on how to reach "mean girls."

Kim Campbell's website:

https://www.motivatingthemiddle.org/

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Episode 26 -

We could not be more excited than to welcome New York Times Best Selling Author Jessica Lahey on the podcast. Jessica has articles written in The Atlantic and the New York Times, and we have her on the podcast to discuss her New York Times best selling book The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. We had the joy of seeing her at AMLE in Nashville this past November and knew we had to ask her to come on the podcast. We hope you enjoy this great discussion on our love for middle schoolers, the importance of giving children of any age autonomy and intrinsic motivation to succeed.

Jessica Lahey

http://www.jessicalahey.com

Buy The Gift of Failure by Jessica Lahey

https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Failure-Parents-Children-Succeed-ebook/dp/B00GLS00LY/?tag=jessicalcom-20

Gift of Failure Frequently Asked Questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJvu5en3L6M&list=PLWc_BZJdVWKLk7yIgkofPUNfhUi4bVEKj&disable_polymer=true


Jessica’s Bibliography

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51d5b70de4b07e30233ade36/t/5bc4ace8c83025dddf3f2adc/1539615976178/Bibliography.pdf

Balanced and barefoot by Angela J. Hanscom

https://www.amazon.com/Balanced-Barefoot-Unrestricted-Confident-Children/dp/1626253730

“Drive” Daniel H. Pink

https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates/dp/1594484805

Middle School Matters by Phyllis L. Fagell

https://www.amazon.com/Middle-School-Matters-Beyond-Parents/dp/0738235083

The Happiness Project with Gretchen Rubin

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin/id969519520

Happier in Hollywood with Liz Craft and Sarah Fain

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happier-in-hollywood/id1236845161

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Episode 25 -

Chelsea leads us on a little topic jumping. We discuss Christmas presents, books, movies, tv shows, AND even more importantly our thoughts on the latest season of The Crown and the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle drama.

Trunk Club

https://www.trunkclub.com

Go See the Principal by Gerry Brooks

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738285064/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_o0LhEb96TP52

Gerry Brooks’s Lunch Room Etiquette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W6bCJR-jbI

The Book of Waking Up by Seth Haines

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Waking-Up-Experiencing-Reorders/dp/0310353963/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+book+of+waking+up&qid=1579048312&sr=8-1

The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey

https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Failure-Parents-Children-Succeed/dp/0062299255/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+gift+of+failure&qid=1579048348&sr=8-1

How to Lead in a World of Distraction by Clay Scroggins

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0310598699/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_k3LhEb65Y4Q7M

Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates (it is currently on Netflix)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10837476/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Little Women

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3281548/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Ozark

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5071412/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Broadchurch

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2249364/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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Episode 24 :

It’s Christmas! We’re here to wrap up the year with our annual Christmas Episode. We have our friend Ally as our special guest this time around. We talk about Christmas traditions changing with marriage and kids, Ally’s first Christmas gift of the year, the amazingness that is The Great British Baking Show and some stand out presents we received as children.

Chinese food on Christmas

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/why-american-jews-eat-chinese-food-on-christmas/384011/

The Clapper

https://www.amazon.com/Clapper-Activated-Detection-Appliances-Technology/dp/B0000CGKLR/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=clapper&qid=1576711370&sr=8-4

New Kids on the Block Christmas Album

https://open.spotify.com/album/0Ttc1BQu1k3SfU02vn2cM5?si=cwr2p_tQSraTOTt_r7cXZQ

The Great British Baking Show

https://www.pbs.org/food/shows/great-british-baking-show/

Hallmark Christmas Movies

https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/christmas/new-movies-countdown-to-christmas-2019

Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Episode 23 - featuring Katie Powell-

We were very fortunate to meet Katie in person at this year’s AMLE conference in Nashville, as well as attend many of her featured sessions. We asked her if she’d come on the podcast, and she’s here to discuss her amazing book and her ideas of helping educators to create engaging and meaningful experiences for students.

Boredom Busters by Katie Powell

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1949595684?pf_rd_p=ab873d20-a0ca-439b-ac45-cd78f07a84d8&pf_rd_r=3X9PH5Y6JPR4179WYQMS

Katie’s website

https://www.teachbeyondthedesk.com

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Episode 22 -

Part 2 of AMLE talks. This time we’re back in Atlanta. We talk to more colleagues, and we’ve put some things into practice. We talk about what we've tried and what else we learned the rest of the conference.

AMLE

http://www.amle.org

Katie Powell

https://www.teachbeyondthedesk.com

Katie Anderson

https://www.consciousteaching.com/

Kim Campbell

https://www.motivatingthemiddle.org

Marcia Tate

http://developingmindsinc.com

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Episode 21 -

We recorded from AMLE in Nashville. We decompress after our first day of the conference discussing our favorite sessions and our takeaways with items that we are hoping to start implementing in our classrooms.

AMLE

http://www.amle.org

Katie Powell

https://www.teachbeyondthedesk.com

Katie Anderson

https://www.consciousteaching.com/

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