Let's Talk, Teacher to Teacher With Dr. Gina Pepin
Welcome to the Let’s Talk, Teacher to Teacher podcast. My name is Dr. Gina Pepin - and I am so happy to meet you. I am a mom, teacher, professor, supervisor for teacher candidates, a reading specialist and a whole lot more! I am the 2023-2024 Region 1 Michigan Teacher of the Year and State Finalist - and also served in this role as part of the very first group of Regional Teachers/State Finalists of the Year in 2018-2019. But what I want you to know the most about me is… I have a great passion for early literacy and teacher preparation and the thing I am most proud of is of course our children… but my once in a lifetime chance to become a co-author, along with the extremely talented children’s author - Eric Litwin ! Together… we wrote: The Power of Joyful Reading: Help Your Young Readers Soar to Success. You can learn more about me - my experiences, how to hire me to speak at your workshops, schools, teacher programs etc… at www.ginapepin.com
I offer you practical make and takes - easy tips along with real life shared stories - so that you can easily create joyful shared reading experiences and other amazing strategies and approaches in your learning space/s right away.
I am here to help you make powerful changes - Let’s do this together.
Check out the Ride and Read program I designed along with 100s of FREE resources at www.ginapepin.com and https://www.instagram.com/drginapepin/
Let's Talk, Teacher to Teacher With Dr. Gina Pepin
Latest Episodes
Visual Sequential Memory: The Hidden Link to Reading and Spelling Struggles
In this episode of Let’s Talk Teacher to Teacher, Dr. Gina Pepin explores the critical but often unnoticed role of visual sequential memory in early reading and writing. Learn how weak visual sequential memory leads to letter and word ...
What Joy Should Look and Feel Like in Early Childhood and Elementary Classrooms
Joy isn’t the same thing as “quiet compliance,” and it isn’t constant chaos disguised as fun. In this episode of Let’s Talk Teacher to Teacher, we unpack what real classroom joy looks and feels like in early childhood and elementary se...
Boosting Bilateral Coordination for Young Learners
Bilateral coordination is a big deal in early learning—because when children can use both sides of their body together, everything from cutting and writing to getting dressed and participating in classroom routines becomes easier.In this...
A Pattern-Based Approach to Teaching Long and Short Vowels
Let’s Talk Teacher to Teacher Still have students who “just can’t get” long vowels versus short vowels—no matter how many anchor charts, hand signals, or reminders you try? In this segment, Dr. Pepin shares the shift that hel...
Making Decoding Visible for Students Who Overapply Long Vowels
Let’s Talk Teacher to Teacher Some students know phonics rules—but apply the wrong one at the wrong time. If you have a reader who turns pop into pope, sack into sake, or “fixes” unfamiliar words to make them look mo...
