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Episode 308 Bespoke Book Horoscopes!

Sara Fade
January 17, 2024

New Year’s Eve! Sara had a cheese party and did diamond art for New Year’s, […]

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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 […]

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Horoscopes and DVD Movies

Sara Fade
May 30, 2023

So, if you are a listener to our pod, you know “we”, aka Nicole, loves […]

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."