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Episode 307 Looking Forward to 2024
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Episode 307 Looking Forward to 2024

  • Sara Fade
  • January 17, 2024

Now that we discussed what we liked in 2023, we will discuss what is exciting […]

Episode 306 Our Favorite Things of 2023
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Episode 306 Our Favorite Things of 2023

  • Sara Fade
  • January 17, 2024

Welp, 2023 is coming to an end. Find out what things we particularly liked in […]

October!
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October!

  • Sara Fade
  • October 23, 2023

Nicole talks about curating a good music playlist for all ages and lists some songs […]

September is Self Care Month
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September is Self Care Month

  • Sara Fade
  • September 14, 2023

Did you know that September is self care month? And what is self care? Well, […]

Tennis and Horoscopes
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Tennis and Horoscopes

  • Sara Fade
  • September 12, 2023

Oh boy, buckle up it is Virgo season. Not that I am biased, being a […]

Give Our Regards to Broadway
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Give Our Regards to Broadway

  • Sal DiVincenzo
  • August 3, 2023

Interested in seeing a Broadway show but don’t know where to start or how to […]

Social Skills and Consumer Reports
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Social Skills and Consumer Reports

  • Sara Fade
  • July 21, 2023

Written by Sara Nicole starts off the pod with sharing her favorite pod, “How to […]

John Wooooooooooo and MI2
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John Wooooooooooo and MI2

  • Sara Fade
  • July 19, 2023

Written by Sara Thanks to the book, Movies of the 90s, we picked the classic […]

Movies and Wings
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Movies and Wings

  • Sara Fade
  • July 7, 2023

Welp, here we are in July. And we are back with a pod about the […]

Who is Real and Pride Month Book Picks for All
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Who is Real and Pride Month Book Picks for All

  • Sara Fade
  • June 2, 2023

Nicole talks about who is a real icon and who is fake. She asked us […]

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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."
  1. Decoding the 4th Grade Slump + New Music on Hoopla | Ep. 430 21:46
  2. New Books + Social Media Hanky Panky? | Ep. 429 31:06
  3. Read Poetry and Watch British TV | Ep. 428 16:01
  4. Movie Chat : Bugonia | Ep. 427 30:39
  5. This Week in History | Ep. 426 30:55
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