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Ep. 351: Happy Halloween!

Sara Fade
October 31, 2024

SPOILER ALERT: we like candy and guessed all of them. 🍕 Happy Halloween from the […]

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Ep. 350 – SPOOKTOBER! : Spooky Stories

Sara Fade
October 24, 2024

So, to truly appreciate this episode, you need to either listen to or watch our […]

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Episode 349: Movie Chat

Sara Fade
October 17, 2024

Welcome back, friends, to another spooky installment of the Middle Country Public Library Podcast! This […]

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Ep. 348 – SPOOKTOBER! : New Scary Books & Superstitions

Sara Fade
October 10, 2024

Find out what to read for some thrills and learn about superstitions! 🎙️Spooky Season Reads, […]

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."