Robin Pizzo
Director of EducationRobin Pizzo leads the education outreach efforts of WKAR Public Media at Michigan State University, the PBS and NPR affiliate serving Michigan's capital region. Robin convenes partnerships and coordinates station initiatives such as WKAR Family and Ready to Learn to bring workshops, learning tools, and other resources into the community to help kids be resilient, lifelong learners.
Robin joined WKAR in January 2018.
Prior to joining WKAR, she was Director/Student Success Coach at Lansing Community College; before that, she spent many years in the K-12 educational arena in various capacities, including teaching.
Robin Pizzo has a Bachelor's degree in English Literature from Wayne State University and a Master's degree in Education from Marygrove College.
robin@wkar.org
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A: The key to encouraging children to rest is to lead by example.
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A: Striving to explore holidays observed around the world with young learners is one way to demonstrate diversity, equity and inclusion.
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A: Family traditions can be special when new traditions are created by those in the current generation.
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A: Families and educators love Daniel Tiger because helping a preschooler learn to express their emotions and understand practical life skills through songs is pure joy.
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A: Talking about daylight saving time is a great opportunity to discuss history, energy, agriculture, transportation, the economy, and the necessity of sleep.
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A: If a child wants to stop an activity help them evaluate and articulate why.
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A: There are too many activities when the child is no longer enjoying them or feeling overwhelmed and anxious about attending or when the activities are impacting the family in a negative way.
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A: Beginning Oct. 6, WKAR Education and Family Newsletters are consolidating into ONE newsletter called WKAR Family.
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A: Sleep is extremely important for everyone, but of greater importance for a preschooler.
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A: Although play is a very important part of early childhood education, the typical preschool curriculum is far more rigorous than most adults realize.