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March: Stay Fearless!

Women are celebrated and remembered as we look at opportunity and equality. Because March doesn’t stay silent, it awakens from its slumber. It’s fearless.

literacy, education, Global Competencies, community, Women's History, Picture BooksLaura HancockMarch 9, 2021#womenshistory, fearless, Fearlesswomen, literacy, global literacy, picture books, reading, literacyjunkieComment

My Heart Aches for Grand Bahamians

Three weeks ago Hurricane Dorian stalled for 30 hours with winds reaching 200 mph over Grand Bahama resulting in catastrophic destruction to an island already ravaged by Irma in 2017, and Matthew in 2016. Grand Bahama has a special place in my heart because last year, I was an Assistant Professor at the University of The Bahamas (UB) teaching education courses and supervising student teachers.

literacyLaura HancockSeptember 30, 2019Hurricane Dorian Grand Bahama, University of the Bahamas-North, University of The Bahamas, education, fearless, inspiring, global literacy, socioemotional, inspirational, #teachertribe, social justiceComment

Using Picture Books to Teach Global Competence

Our young children are inquisitive. They are trying to understand the world around them by asking questions, LOTS of questions, about their immediate world, their neighborhood, and their larger global society. In this post, I want to share Global Book Bags (GBB).