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Posted by Chip on November 29, 2010
Ninety-nine years ago, in 1912, two young teachers wrote a book for the ages. I was reminded about their work at the recent 60th Anniversary event of the Gesell Institute of Human Development, held in New Haven, Connecticut, in October. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading [...]
Categories: Books, Education Reform, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: Arnold Gesell, Beatrice Gesell, Books, Common Core standards, Education Reform, Gesell Institute, The Normal Child and Primary Education, Thinking Developmentally | 
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Posted by Chip on June 3, 2010
I was so inspired by Margaret Wilson’s recent blog post on “Last Read-Aloud of the Year”—she gives such great ideas for final classroom reading-writing connections leading into the summer break! JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, click “Post a Comment” [...]
Categories: Books, Schoolwide Issues |
Tags: children's writing, encouraging children to write, literacy, Margaret Berry Wilson, Responsive blog, summer literacy | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on September 28, 2009
Another provocative, idea-challenging, and idea-changing book I’ve just pored over is NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children. Written by two award-winning journalists, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, this exciting book is a collection of individual explorations of research and programs in child development and learning that turn conventional thinking, including some of my own, upside down and [...]
Categories: Books, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: Books, Nurtureshock, Paula Denton, The Power of Our Words | 1 Comment »
Posted by Chip on February 12, 2009
The last blog entry restarted our sharing of favorite books for children—this time in the read-aloud sphere for both teachers and parents. We began with 4-5-6 and 7-8 and here we continue with books that I’ve found children in three older age categories love having read to them and love talking about with their teachers [...]
Categories: Books |
Tags: favorite books for children, favorite children's books, read-alouds | 4 Comments »
Posted by Chip on February 3, 2009
—No matter what grade level you teach, be assured your students adore being read to. Middle school teachers report eighth graders loving to have early childhood picture books such as Ferdinand or Frederick read aloud to them. These teachers also report children at this age listening in rapt attention to the riveting moral dilemmas in age-appropriate [...]
Categories: Books |
Tags: favorite books for children, favorite children's books, read-alouds | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on December 22, 2008
It’s the winter solstice, and in New England we’ve experienced dramatic and devastating ice storms. Many families have been without power for over a week, and some schools have been closed for just as long. Now it’s Hanukkah and Christmas time, and over a foot of fresh powder snow has fallen to blanket the countryside. [...]
Categories: Books |
Tags: favorite books for children, favorite children's books, Frances Hamerstrom, reading with children, Robart Katona | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on December 17, 2008
Teach Our Children Well: Essential Strategies for the Urban Classroom, by Helen Maniates and Betty Doerr with Margaret Goldman (Heinemann 2001) is a wonderful rediscovered treasure sent my way recently–one that’s well worth spending a few hours with over the holidays. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re [...]
Categories: Books, Holidays & Traditions, Teachers & Teaching, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Responsive Classroom approach, Responsive Classroom practices, teaching strategies | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on December 10, 2008
As our developmental book swap continues, I keep getting diverted by great books about appealing themes—first poetry, then music, and now the holidays. But I can’t help recommending two books for Hanukkah, two for Christmas, and one for Kwanzaa before turning back to favorite books for five- and six-year-olds—after a break for a grown-up book [...]
Categories: Books, Holidays & Traditions |
Tags: Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem, children's holiday books, Clyde Watson, Father Fox's Christmas Rhymes, Father Fox's Pennyrhymes, favorite books for children, favorite children's books, Good to Eat: A Chanukah Story, Hanukkah! Roni Schotter, It's Kwanzaa Time! A Lift-the-Flap Story, Latkes, Marylin Hafner, Maya Angelou, Naomi Howland, reading with children, Synthia Saint James, Wendy Watson | 2 Comments »
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