Teaching Children to Care: Classroom Management for Ethical and Academic Growth, K-8,   ISBN:9781892989086

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Great service! The book is brand new, and the return rate was better then predicted!

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Teaching Children to Care: Management in the Responsive Classroom is a thorough and practical resource for helping teachers establish an ongoing curriculum in self control, social participation, and human development. Realistic, do-able techniques are offered for using logical consequences, problem-solving class meetings, and clear positives. I have participated in a Responsive Classroom training workshop and was most impressed. The Responsive Classroom approach includes most of the five components necessary for educating strong, peaceful minds.

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I got this book on the recomendation of a friend and a look at the responsive classroom website. It is a very thoughtful and thorough discussion on the importance and the practical how to of teaching students to behave ethically. This is not a discipline book or one focused on how to demand obedience. It is a realistic approach from a seasoned teacher to teaching students to think about and reflect on their actions and the repercussions of those actions. It focuses on helping kids discover and internalize empathy, respect and caring for the people and things they encounter and so giving them the tools to behave ethically both in the classroom and in life.

The only reason I did not give the book five stars is that as an art teacher, not a homeroom teacher, I will have to do a fair bit of modifying and there has not really been any real discussion of the special circumstances of art, music, physical education and other teachers who are not homeroom. This is not surprising since it was written by a homeroom teacher, but it would have been nice.

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Excellent resource for teachers with practical information they can use day to day in the classroom.

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This is probably the best book I have read on classroom management--EVER! Not only is it well-written, it is timeless, useable, accessible and friendly. The author readily includes her own classroom successes and failures, which helps me to identify with her journey. She also give practical, ready to implement steps and routines. Is classroom managment difficult? YES! Is is do-able--YES YES YES if you follow the guidelines given here by Ms. Charney. Combine this with a Responsive Classroom workshop, or at least books from the RC library, and you are on your way to loving your job again!