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December was a period of construction and building in the Eighth grade science classroom. To celebrate the end of their study of force and motion students build catapults, trebuchets, and a variety of other machines.

How does information travel? How does travel affect information? Scholars, librarians, and antiquarian archivists, and educators from around the world shared their recent research and on-going projects at the Transnational Children’s Literature 1750-1850 symposium sponsored by The Cotsen Children’s Library, part of the Department of Special Collections at the Princeton University Library.

I try to go to one of the NCTM conferences, either national or regional, every 3 or 4 years to stay abreast of current best practices, look for activities and strategies I can bring back to my classroom immediately, and browse learning products that might enhance our students’ mathematical learning and achievement.

I am a firm believer that children construct, communicate and demonstrate their ideas and thoughts through many different “languages.”

I was thrilled when my presentation proposal, Authentic Representations of Diversity in Children’s Literature, was accepted by the Progressive Education Network and I was invited to present at PEN 2019 in Minneapolis, MN!