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161. Building Literacy Through Storytelling with S. Hughie Lassiter

161. Building Literacy Through Storytelling with S. Hughie Lassiter

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Stephen Hughie Lasseter is the author of Kingston To The Rescue. He is also a special education teacher in Philadelphia, where he teaches reading and math to elementary school students. He designed an educational program called Educate to Skate. Educate to Skate combines the metrics of learning, physical exercise and independence with skateboarding to teach math, geometry and science to elementary and middle school students.

In our talk, Hughie and discuss how his son’s skateboarding career influenced his work in special education. He also details how he intended his book to also teach reading and how storytelling can be a wonderful teaching tool.

For all links and resources mentioned in this episode, head to the show notes: https://www.educatorforever.com/episode161.
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