The episode starts with all three educators talking about early years education and the reflection/intentionality behind our practices before getting into the discussion of mentor texts in the classroom and school library. Klara and Michelle provided this prompt on their IG account as they engaged in sharing a variety of mentor texts at the start of this school year: How might mentor texts provide opportunities for our Ss to feel seen, acknowledged, and important? In this episode we discuss how Klara and Michelle started this project of highlighting mentor text and how they began to plan and pick topics and the joy of using mentor texts with students.

Texts Mentioned In This Episode:
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
Be A Good Ancestor by Gabriella Prince and Lorena Prince
I Promise by LeBron James
Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act For Reconciliation And Anti-Racist Education By Jo Chrona
Atlas Of The Heart By Brene Brown
The Walking Curriculum by Gillian Judson
Walking Forward by Gillian Judson and Heidi Wood- https://noiie.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Walking-Forward-Wood-Judson-2022updated.pdf
Imaginative Arts Activities for the Walking Curriculum- https://www.educationthatinspires.ca/2018/05/16/imaginative-art-activities-for-the-walking-curriculum/
The Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros
Empower and Launch by AJ Juliani and John Spencer
Inquiry Mindset by Trevor Mackenzie