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Women’s History Month

Sara Fade
March 20, 2023

First and foremost, we have a podcast room that is in our brand new Innovation […]

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Mushroom Mania and NoveList K-8 for Children

Sara Fade
March 2, 2023

Nothing can sway my love for mushrooms and Pedro Pascal, even the zombie-like fungi people […]

Decoding the 4th Grade Slump + New Music on Hoopla | Ep. 430 - Middle Country Public Library Podcast

Nicole explores the "Fourth Grade Slump"—the well-documented drop in reading comprehension scores that often occurs when students shift from learning to read to reading to learn. Drawing from Daniel Willingham’s book "Why Don’t Students Like School?", she discusses how background knowledge is essential for understanding texts, why the gap widens along socioeconomic lines, and how prior exposure to ideas, vocabulary, and experiences gives some children a significant advantage. Then, Sara highlights popular music available to stream instantly on Hoopla Digital, playing a game of name-that-tune, along with plenty of "singing."

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