Welcome Back to a New Year with Advancing Literacy Beyond the Classroom
This episode is the launch of season two to continue to help us explore and answer the question: How can family members and caregivers support kids’ literacy development outside of school, beyond the classroom? Emily Butler Smith and Amanda Hartman share research, insights, and practical advice on supporting literacy development and connection with students of all ages. Bringing their experience as former classroom teachers and current staff developers, parent, and caregiver, they consider the everyday opportunities for joyful and meaningful literacy growth.
Emily Smith and Amanda Hartman reintroduce the podcast, preview what to expect this year, and share key reminders for the start of the new school year. For more in depth ways of starting the new school year we recommend listening to the first episode from season one, Welcome Families, Caregivers, Educators and Friends to Advancing Literacy Beyond the Classroom.
We hope you enjoy and follow the new season!
Episode Resources and Book Recommendations:
- Five Practical Tips for Supporting Literacy at Home (Color) and Five Practical Tips for Supporting Literacy at Home (Black and White)
- Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make it Easy by Daniel T. Willingham
Learn more about Teachers College Advancing Literacy.
Mark your calendar for the Literacy Fest January 30, 2027. A free event for educators, families, and caregivers to learn ways to support literacy inside and outside the classroom.
The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University
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