How do we recognize engagement? Today on the podcast, a special read aloud by author Ellin Oliver Keene from her new book Engaging Children: Igniting a Drive for Deeper Understanding. Ellin says true engagement often takes us by surprise, and is so overpowering, we may not recognize it when it happens! Finding the moments when we are engaged, reflecting on them, and sharing them with our students is the key to teaching engagement. It is through learning how to recognize our own moments of engagement that we are able to celebrate and foster engagement in our students.Ellin begins with the story of a student who many teachers will recognize…