Libby Curran
@readingbuds
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Special Ed. Teacher, creator of Reading Train learn to read apps, 100s of books for beginners, blogging about apps & early learning at http://t.co/XHK5Mmdqss
New Hampshire
Joined January 2014
Big day at the @NoLabelsOrg #ProblemSolverConvention. Biggest focus group ever. New Hampshire straw poll. Members of Congress. Presidential candidates. Tune in! #GetInTheRoom
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No Labels. 1,229,900 likes · 1,737 talking about this. Had enough of the angriest voices dominating our politics? Help No Labels Make Congress Work.
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Listening on the radio to Man United beat Benfica in the European Cup final. Traveling to Northampton to watch George Best score 6 goals in an 8-2 victory in the FA Cup. #MUFC #MyPLMorning #1stPLMemory
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Reading Train My First Books is on sale for the holiday period. Just $14.99 for 150 Level A books, along with songs and game. #Kinderchat
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The explosive growth in testing has been underwritten by lobbyists for the testing, textbook & tutoring industries.
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I'm presenting the Reading Train Project at Valley Venture Mentors. Please come and cheer me on.
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Mentors: Come help us choose which startups get accepted into our Mentorship Program. Meet the best and the brightest of our applicants, then vote on who you think is the best fit for the four-month...
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Preschool programs @NatlHeadStart must build meaningful literacy skills. More reading, less read aloud. https://t.co/qRivjyc5aU
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Reading Train apps are designed to take beginning readers from pre-reading to reading independence. Reading Train apps flip the outdated "skills first" approach: Beginning readers develop foundatio...
@readingbuds Children need a headstart program from home between the ages of 2-5! This is the critical foundation to support readers.
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Agreed. But it needs to be an effective preschool program to promote literacy skills through playful learning-not read aloud and worksheets.
@readingbuds Children need a headstart program from home between the ages of 2-5! This is the critical foundation to support readers.
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Simple, but only happening in great schools. Many ignore teachers & spend big $$$ on outside curriculum, assessments & consultants/coaches.
Sounds ever so simple...
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Public school districts are not for maximizing the potential of most of their children- special needs, ELLs, gifted. We need IEPs for all!
“Public school districts are not for maximizing the potential of a child in special education” https://t.co/xPxLWapekV
#StudentSuccess #ASD
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Our very youngest students are also capable of deep learning. Rigor/complexity and difficulty are not the same thing.
“Students with special needs are capable of rigorous work.” https://t.co/jpl0KsNCTi
@BarbBlackburn #SpecialEducation #AutismAwareness #ASD
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The problem is not that children aren't learning to read. The problem is that schools are not teaching them.
"Every child can be educated. We must change the way we teach them." https://t.co/G6kHLczoaS
@Jennpositiviam1 #AutismAwareness #EdChat #k12
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Here's how to fix education: Find the best teachers. Ask them what they do. Do that. #edtech #edcamp #edcamphat #NHSA #ECE
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On the Reading Train, kids read to themselves over & over
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Despite its annoyances for parents, repetitive reading offers a surprising number of benefits for new readers.
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Preschoolers’ Story Comprehension Similar for Print and Digital Books
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More recess!
It’s estimated that children now spend less time outside than the average prisoner
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