November 2024 -

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Ep. 355 – Thanksgiving Once Again!

Sara Fade
November 27, 2024

🎙 Thanksgiving, Turkeys, and Total Guesswork: The MCPL Podcast Holiday Special! Hello friends, gobblers, and […]

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Episode 354- Getting Ready for the Holidays

Sara Fade
November 21, 2024

It’s that time of year again…time to get ready for the holidays, Thanksgiving dinner, food […]

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Episode 353 – November DVDs + Learning to Read

Sara Fade
November 14, 2024

Hey friends! Before we dive into this week’s movie chatter, let’s take care of a […]

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."