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 classroom, daycare centers, and homes 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
Let's Talk, Teacher to Teacher With Dr. Gina Pepin
Learning to Read Should Never Hurt - Take the Frustration Out of Learning to Read!
We do not need to “sell” books and reading to children. They already love them. We just need to make sure we don’t diminish their natural joy. Children do not automatically stop loving books as they get older…. we destroy the joy of reading by frustrating them.
And because we are always learning to read - it is so important to take the frustration out of reading. Based on the book The Power of Joyful Reading: Help Your Young Readers Soar to Success (Litwin & Pepin, 2020). This episode shares examples of how to help your children and students love books, love reading, and see themselves as readers!
See more at www.ginapepin.com!