Welcome to Litsy!

I haven‘t had a car since 2016. It has severely limited opportunities in all kinds of areas (including renewing my driver‘s license - which apparently now I need to be able to get a new job, even if driving is not required). Taking public transport is a struggle when it‘s seen as less than or lower class. It has plus sides though, and I feel like truly developed countries should be moving in this direction and away from all these bleeding cars.

#SummerSouls Day 8: We care because we are #Friends. Recent Libby ebook find. Review is forthcoming. 💕

Happy birthday Jim Henson, on what would‘ve been your 86th birthday! Thank you for making this world a better place!

Quote from the beginning of this book:

“When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who makes a difference in this world. My hope still is to leave this world a little better for my being here.“ - Jim Henson

More love for this wonderful book. It was challenged in 2015 for containing images of poverty & for downplaying American Exceptionalism.

Boots says, “Hiss!!!” to book bans!

#bbrc #catsoflitsy

Challenged by a Wisconsin school board member in 2015 for 1) Containing images of poverty 2) Downplaying American Exceptionalism.

Shameless self-promotion: We will be discussing this book on my podcast Muppet Profiles. 😊

#bbrc #muppets

Truly a privilege to be part of such a distinguished panel of speakers this morning for the Global Sustainable Technology & Innovation Conference -Gstic panel on bridging the digital divide for more equitable and inclusive childhood education happening at the Expo 2020 Dubai. Grateful to the conference organizers namely Prof. Jan De Groof (UNESCO Chair for the Right to Education) and Prof YE from KU Leuven for this opportunity to talk about books!

#FallTreasures Day 20: This is #AGiftedBook of sorts.

Finished this summer as part of a teacher book study. Highly recommend for those in education looking for ways to go beyond just talking about making curriculum more inclusive. Dr. Muhammad centers her curriculum building approach on her research of Historic Black Literary Societies (bringing identity, skills, intellectualism, criticality, and joy to the classroom). 💗

This is becoming an essential read in many education spaces, and it should be. I started reading it…last summer, I think? Then I took a year-long training for which this was the main text, but we only read chunks of it. So now I‘ve filled in the gaps, reading what I missed and rereading my highlights. Hugely enlightening, helping me better understand the brain and learning in ways that affect my non-work life, too (including parenting). ❤️

I finished my April #bookspin pick this month! Excellent choice for an all-school staff read.

#BookSpinBINGO