Teacher Tales #50 - SEL, Impact and the Power of Read Alouds: Christine, elementary teacher and children’s book author

Teacher Tales

Jul 03 2025 | 00:29:32

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Show Notes

In this episode, we have a delightful chat with Christine about her love of animals, reading and the impact her life experiences had on becoming the teacher, and now author, she is for children. Like many children we have in our classrooms, Christine was shy as a child and did not feel comfortable being “in the spotlight”. So, as a teacher, she decided to do “Read Alouds” with her students in which every student had a choice to join in or not. She understood the impact that giving students choice to experience real world, personalized and meaningful connections were to…

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