Aimee Buckner has been published in the journals, Language Arts and Primary Voices. She is also the author of Notebook Know-How and video series, Inside Notebooks, which are available through Stenhouse Publishers. In addition to spending the past fourteen years teaching and learning alongside her students, she is a co-founder of the Gwinnett County Summer Writing Institute for Teachers and Children, where Aimee has worked with teachers from kindergarten to grade 12. In her writing for Choice Literacy this year, Aimee will focus on new insights into using notebooks with students as she moves from a fourth-grade to third-grade teaching position. Today on Teacher Talk Radio, Aimee will share some tips on how to get writer’s notebooks started in your classroom this year!

Wow! School is starting! Are you ready? Is your child ready? Katie Davis and I will be sharing some great ideas to help you prepare your child for school and encourage their excitement not dread! Katie Davis is an award winning picture book author of books that include WHO HOPS?, I HATE TO GO TO BED!, HOW HOOTS?, SCARED STIFF, PARTY ANIMALS, MABEL THE TOOTH FAIRY AND HOW SHE GOT HER JOB, KINDERGARTEN ROCKS as well as children's novels! Tune in and have a great time with us!

Patrick Vennebush, National Project Manager, NCTM, manages online projects for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He is the author or, MATH JOKES 4 MATHY FOLKS. He is also a volunteer who writes questions for MATHCOUNTS, a middle school math coaching and competition program. He’s also a very funny mathematician comedian! Today, on Teacher Talk Radio, Patrick and Teacher Jen will be talking about how to teachers can prepare themselves, their classrooms and their students for a fun and exciting experience in Math. Math shouldn’t be a dreadful and boring experience! Tune in as Patrick Vennebush shares ideas you can make your very own!

Teacher Talk Radio and children's author ,Tina Turbin ( Danny the Dragon) enlighten listeners on the passion and purpose which inspired her and her publisher to sign a contract this year with apps creators, iStorytime (also exclusive contract with Steven Spielberg's, DreamWorks) with her Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy children's book. What life-changing experience sparked this popular product? And how is the DreamWorks affiliate company, iStorytime going to play a role in her book, audio-book and DVD's success? Find out on Wednesday!

Our guest today is Katie Davis, picture book author. We will be talking about great ideas and activities you can do with your children using picture books.

Want to learn more about the writing process? Want to learn how to set up a writer's workshop in your classroom? Tune in today as, educator, author, and education consultant, Jeff Anderson, walks us through what we need to know! Find out how to engage your students during your writing period and love writing all day long! You can learn more about Jeff Anderson by visiting his website: http://www.writeguy.net/

Today, I welcome award winning author Heather Miller. With her background in education, so knows what children like! Tune in today to learn more about Heather and how to use her great books effectively in your classroom! Learn more about Heather Miller and her books here: http://www.heathermillerbooks.com/index.php

Today, my co-host, Sherry Colarusso, will be sharing great Math Strategies for you to implement in your classroom! She is the author of teacher resource books, Venn Diagrams for Critical Thinking, and Foundations for Critical Thinking: Using Venn Diagrams, and children's books, Vincent and Viola, and The Moon Is Broke Together. She has been an educator for 33 years in a variety of levels from pre-kindergarten to collage and is now a teacher trainer. Check out her website, www.vennlogic.com.

Why are picture books important for all students? And, if they are so important why are they used less and less as students progress through school? Educator, professional development organizer and blogger, Keith Schoch, joins us today to answer all of our questions, share the names of some picture books you just have to have and generate some ideas of how to effectively use them to teacher standards! You can check out his blogs by visiting the following links: http://teachwithpicturebooks.blogspot.com/ and http://howtoteachanovel.wordpress.com/ and http://teachingthatsticks.blogspot.com

Ever contemplate writing your own children's book? Tina Turbin will be sharing her inside knowledge today on how to get started, what you should know and tips of the trade. Tina, the author of "Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy" will explain how your dream of writing a children’s picture book can be turned into a reality!