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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 341: Counting the Days

Sara Fade
August 22, 2024

I talk about books, shock! We first take a look at the Lives of Saints […]

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Episode 338 – National Night Out 2024

Sara Fade
August 1, 2024

We are previewing a busy week on this special episode with our guests Deborah Hempe, […]

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Episode 317: National Parks + Celebrate Reading Month

Sara Fade
March 7, 2024

Sara wants to visit as many national parks as possible…and we have some here in […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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."