My day started with great news but today is mainly about celebrating a year of Abuelita’s Gift & El regalo de abuelita out in the world.🥳🎂 I’m grateful for the ♥️ the books have received & I hope they’ll continue to touch more lives in the years to come💕Cheers! #kidlit #pb #diademuertos

My next picture book illustration is announced! I'm so excited to share I'll be illustrating "MY BARRIO SPEAKS IN SPANGLISH" by the amazing @monicamancillas.bsky.social !! Born in Los Angeles, I'm so excited to share this love letter to LA. Coming to a bookstore near you in 2027! ❤️ #kidlitart

I'm so excited to announce that I will be bringing another Spanglish book baby into the world! If you liked How to Speak in Spanglish, then you will love MY BARRIO SINGS IN SPANGLISH. So excited that @gabbyzapata.bsky.social will be illustrating this book of my ❤️, a love letter to L.A. #kidlit

“…dazzling array of Indigenous authors…a mystical community space that appears to those who need it...fry bread, the truck serves sweetgrass tea, cornbread, NDN tacos, bison burgers, pashofa, and more.” Kirkus Reviews: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea... #BookSky #foodie

3) Reward yourself with more dopamine You did it. Congrats! Now, don’t skimp on your reward. As long as it’s safe & you can afford it, do it Ideally the reward should be better than the bribe Do you want alone time, rest, a certain meal, going out, quality time w/ people etc?

I love this one! It’s something I’ve done for a while and it works well, especially if you have several playlists for specific tasks.

2) Make tasks fun, new, interesting, pleasurable, challenging in a good way Fun/interesting things, pleasure, & light problem solving create dopamine, something ADHD folks are naturally low on (& it’s needed for motivation, focus etc) You gotta attach dopamine to boring things

the problem of saying “ok I’ll do the thing & reward myself after” and the you find yourself just giving yourself the reward early & never doing the task That’s because you need extra dopamine to even start a task b/c that’s just how your ADHD neurotype works

Something I’ve been helping my ADHD clients with attach dopamine to tasks: My Before-During-After system I could explain this in more detail on my blog/on video if y’all want 1) Bribe yourself with dopamine before the activity/task. Sweeten the deal for yourself. This part is the hack to

Final Summer #Giveaway! Want to win these 9 picture books (some of which are signed)?⁠ ⁠ To enter: follow, like, & repost and/or comment and tag a friend. Winner selected Saturday!⁠ ⁠ #books #kidlit #picturebooks #booksky #edusky #skybrarian

Cool, translanguaging! "Translanguaging, as opposed to code-switching, does not merely involve alternating between languages based on context; rather, it draws on the entirety of the speaker’s linguistic resources to construct meaning and facilitate communication." I love to hear it. #LangSky

Looking at books together, following the baby's pace and interest, is a wonderful start to the shared reading experience. Early picture books can be discussed in any/all languages,setting the scene for children's multilingual literacy! #SlowReading #ReadingRights #multilingual #literacy #books

Calling all Hummingbirds: Karura Forest needs us. It has remained protected and publicly accessible thanks to Friends of Karura. How can we stop the vested interests tying to seize the 93-year-old forest www.irunguhoughton.org/post/humming... #StandardSettingKE #BeAHummingBird #TheKaruraCommunity

Rosa Roisinblit, activist for Argentina's 'stolen' children, dies at 106

🚨 UPDATE on the current COVID vaccine access situation in the US. Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.

If you are interested in Inupiaq stories and/or crime documentaries, check out this movie by my cousin, James Dommek. Alaska music scene people might remember him as the drummer of the Whipsaws, which he briefly talks about. Available now on hulu! youtu.be/Jm9TjZuN3aE?...

For some, idling away time outside labor force may be a survival strategy in a system that never lets them stop www.koreaherald.com/article/1056...

New story! I wrote (yet again) about ASL students, romantic relationships, and the uncertainty that arises when someone starts to learn a language after meeting you. I'm grateful to @rrrubenstein.bsky.social and @theoffingmag.bsky.social for giving it space.

Check these 10 picture books about fears, feelings and bravery. nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/t...

K-12 teacher- I keep a file of student notes/drawings/gifts and pull them out when I’m feeling incompetent. They make me remember that it doesn’t actually matter if I am or not, if I can inspire something in others, I’ve done what I need to do.

Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.

Thanks to author L.E.Carmichael for featuring me on her blog! I chat about my inspiration for MY STREET REMEMBERS & offer activity ideas for parents & teachers. Link: www.lecarmichael.ca/2025/09/kare... @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social #kidlit #CANkidlit #picturebook #Edusky

With credible reports that there will soon be a major increase in federal immigration enforcement activity in Chicago, I want to once again highlight the Family Support Network - a rapid response resource run by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). Use it if you spot ICE.

Well this made me cry.

This is clearly someone who cares. If you enjoy the amazing products, please make sure you show the respect for the work she does to bring them to you.

The research: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... The source, from which this summary was taken: theconversation.com/what-we-do-a... Also wow, you got to the end! 😊 I hope it was a helpful read ❤️ (10/10)

anyone know whether there's a pattern? #linguistics

Calling all #worldlanguage / #foreignlanguage teachers who have degrees in #education! A colleague and I are conducting a study about the WL/FL education #methods courses taught in undergraduate and graduate degrees.

actually brought my DSLR with me this trip so i could take better photos of pappy’s earrings thanks you to all of you who have bought a pair—he’s made like 1/4 of what he needs for his roof repairs and he is so happy every time he gets an order! www.etsy.com/shop/eshkanh...

The Back Braces are now available for pre-order! Please read this thread and the listing. They're available in 6 sizes. In the strawberry, galaxy and bats patterns. The 2 support plates on the back are made of curved aluminum. Which one are you getting? Details below!

Nearly four years ago, I explained the affinity between the antivax movement and fascism. Given that RFK Jr. has been rabidly antivax for at least two decades, it should surprise no one that he’s fine with the fascist approach to science. www.respectfulinsolence.com/2022/01/28/w...

If you care about protecting children from abuse, it is necessary that you understand who the actual child sexual predators are.

Weekend reminder: Tuesday's webinar isn't just about literature circles‚ it's about creating classroom cultures where linguistic diversity is celebrated, not silenced. Can't make it live? Sign up anyway for the recording! #EduSky #MultilingualLearner #MiddleSchool #ELA

Get ready for this pre-order!

The phrase "windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors" comes from an essay by the great Dr Rudine Sims Bishop about the importance of kidlit: scenicregional.org/wp-content/u...

Now do kidneys…

I am an author. Only 5% of published authors are Black. I'm one of them. I published my first book at 40. I'm 44. I've got three in print and more on the way. If you haven't read anything that jolts you or makes you laugh in a while. Try my books. linktr.ee/srmilesauthor

I negotiated with my manufacturer and they agreed to do 6 sizes instead of just 3. So I'm gonna be doing sizes XS, S, M, L, XL & XXL for my preorder.

"There Is Now Clearer Evidence AI Is Wrecking Young Americans’ Job Prospects" If schools are supposed to provide college & career readiness, does having them use AI teach them how to put themselves out of work? 🤔 #AIIsTheProblem #InfoLit #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrary www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

It’s not the craze that breaks people’s brains, it’s using the AI.

I've been asked for years to make a back brace. So I got samples made for a back brace in my strawberry pattern. The support plates are made of curved aluminum. What do you think? Would you be interested in it? For more cute products, details below!

This is correct. This is a land acknowledgment that I don’t hate. It acknowledges the facts and gives a chance to learn more and is doing something, anything, about it.

The scavenger hunt is using NYC mayoral history to paint Mamdani as firmly within the mainstream of that history. On age. On DSA membership. On public transportation policy. It's such a smart way to launch the general election campaign.

We need to know what humans do before we argue that machines can do it just the same. There can’t be AI literacy without a literacy in being human: how we make meaning in work and life, distinguishing the artificial from the imaginary from the true. mail.cyberneticforests.com/human-litera...

my parents made a bunch of new antler earrings if you’d like to make their day and cop a pair! help my pappy buy his new roof and get a sweet new lil accessory www.etsy.com/shop/eshkanh...

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Access to information ≠ learning Consuming information ≠ comprehension or understanding

Well, well, another day, another cheese recall. Listeria again.

Lleva un año y medio aprendiendo español. Es NEPALÍ. 😭

K-12 education is not childcare. It’s education. Access to education is not childcare. I know that it functions that way, and school only means childcare for some people, but please don’t conflate them. There is more to K-12 education than “free childcare from 5-18” and we need to treat it that way.