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KidsLearn with Prof. Suki
by KidsLearn
A blog and podcast just for kids about learning and life! Prof. Suki explores all sorts of concerns that kids might have, along with cool information about your brain and learning. Please visit https://sukiwessling.com/kidblog for read-along text and word definitions.
Episodes
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Avoid Value Judgments!
You are growing in a thumbs-up/thumbs-down world. Everywhere you look, someone is telling you whether something is “good” or not. And it’s not just movies and books—people have opinions about socks! cat breeds! earlobe shapes! pineapple on pizza! haircuts! superpowers! OK, you get the idea. The...
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Dealing with feelings
Have you noticed that people around you are having some BIG feelings these days? Have you been having some yourself? Here’s the first and most important thing I want to say about feelings: Feelings—even uncomfortable ones—are good. Feelings are part of being human and part of how we humans learn....
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Revision = seeing again
You got feedback on your writing. Now what? Good writing creates a complete little world on the page. Whether it’s a story, a poem, or an essay, you want your readers to be engaged throughout and leave satisfied. The best way to get your writing to that point is to give it to others to read. But...
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Use your tools—don’t let them use you!
Most kids in the US now have access to an Internet-connected device—a phone, a tablet, or a laptop. And they are really amazing! Your device allows you to do things your parents wouldn’t have dreamed of: You can find out the answer to pretty much any question you can think of You can create…
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Why is ‘stay positive’ good advice?
Maybe your parent or a teacher has said this to you: “You need to have a positive attitude!” And maybe that seemed wrong to you. If it did, here’s some food for thought: Yes, life can be difficult. I agree with you that there are lots of things to be negative about. This may be a small comfort…
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Kid writing is beautiful—don’t use AI!
I teach writing classes to kids, so it’s not surprising that I like kids’ writing. But what do I like about it? Why should you compose your own writing when an AI tool can do it in seconds? What makes kid writing beautiful? Here are my thoughts: Your writing expresses your youness Yup, “youness”…
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Are your books bumming you out?
Recently I read a Young Adult novel that one of my students recommended. There were many good aspects of the story, but one thing bothered me: The end of the story led me to feel like the future was hopeless. In the far past, kids’ books could sometimes be too happy, so happy that they seem...
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Break the block!
Do you have writer’s block? Do you know what writer’s block is? Well, first I want to say that I don’t really believe in it, then I’ll tell you what it is, then I’ll tell you why I’ve chosen not to believe in it! What is writer’s block? Writer’s block is simply when a writer sits down and…
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How to organize your busy life
A common problem I hear from students is that they’re too busy to be organized. They know that being organized can help them do their work more efficiently and give them more free time, but they feel too busy even to start! Being too busy means we often leave things in various states of chaos,...
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Process, not product
In our world, there’s a lot of emphasis on the end goal: We have to take tests We have to turn in projects and present them We have to show that we’ve read a certain number of pages, written a certain number of words, or memorized a certain amount of information All of these are examples of...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A blog and podcast just for kids about learning and life! Prof. Suki explores all sorts of concerns that kids might have, along with cool information about your brain and learning. Please visit https://sukiwessling.com/kidblog for read-along text and word definitions.
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KidsLearn
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A blog and podcast just for kids about learning and life! Prof. Suki explores all sorts of concerns that kids might have, along with cool information about your brain and learning. Please visit https://sukiwessling.com/kidblog for read-along text and word definitions.
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