Posts by Yanique
In Our Feeds: Teachers who rap, Dickens, Pottermore and more
By Yanique on April 20th, 2012
Every Friday, we share a handful of links we found interesting, provocative, funny — or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Have a good weekend! Let’s start with some Dickens…Charles Dickens that is. This year the novelist turns 200!more… full post
In Our Feeds: Extroverted Design, Education, Hunger Games Recipes and more!
By Yanique on March 9th, 2012
Each Friday, we share a handful of links we found interesting, provocative, funny — or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Enjoy! Happy Friday everyone! I’ve had a VERY eventful week and I think it’s time for some R&R – reading andmore… full post
Scholastic employees run Read and Rise Book Fair!
By Yanique on February 17th, 2012
On February 15th, Scholastic employees didn’t go straight home after work hours – they went to volunteer and celebrate reading at a Read and Rise Book Fair at PS 180 in Harlem, NYC. It was an amazing experience for fellow OOMer Nadia and I…somore… full post
Valentine’s Day book-pack giveaway!
By Yanique on February 8th, 2012
Anytime is the right time to share the love of reading with friends and loved ones. And now that Valentine’s Day is less than one week away, it’s the perfect time to share books about love with the kids in your life. I love receiving chocolatesmore… full post
In Our Feeds: V-Day candy ban, books on fingernails and more…
By Yanique on February 3rd, 2012
Each Friday, we share a handful of links we found interesting, provocative, funny — or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Enjoy! Did you know that how engaged a child is in kindergarten may determine success later on in their academicmore… full post
Arts in education matters!
By Yanique on January 12th, 2012
Along with learning math, science and social studies, exposure to the Arts greatly impacts students’ academic, emotional and social growth. Taking art classes not only allows kids to use their creative abilities but can stir up creative juices inmore… full post
In Our Feeds: Overdue books, Dumbledore’s office, and literary characters all grown up
By Yanique on January 6th, 2012
Each Friday, we share a handful of links we found interesting, provocative, funny — or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Enjoy! I think we should kick the weekend off with a fun story about anchor Scott Pelley of the CBS Evening Newsmore… full post
In Our Feeds: Penguins, books…and Social Media
By Yanique on October 21st, 2011
Each Friday, we share a handful of links we found interesting, provocative, funny — or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Enjoy! What a long week! I plan on ending mine with an interesting variety of cool stories for In Our Feeds.more… full post
In Our Feeds: Spaceships, The Simpsons, Social Media and more!
By Yanique on October 7th, 2011
Each Friday, we share a handful of links we found interesting, provocative, funny — or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Enjoy! My fellow OOMers sent me some very cool feeds this week. Let’s get right to it. Talk about a messagemore… full post
Two Virtual Experiences Coming Right Up!
By Yanique on September 26th, 2011
While not every kid “gets” history right away, it’s one of the most important subjects they need to take while in school. It’s hard sometimes to see how things that happened 10, 20, 100, or 1,000 years ago have anything to do with today’s world.more… full post
