March 21, 2013
Teachers and school leaders who are just beginning to learn about the Responsive Classroom approach often ask me which book they should read first to get a good overview. It’s true there are an ever-growing number of wonderful books in the Responsive Classroom Library, at least thirty at last count! Margaret Berry Wilson’s latest book, [...]
Categories: Books, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions & Concerns, Social & Emotional Learning, The Responsive Classroom® approach, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: developmental teaching, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions & Concerns, social-emotional learning, Thinking Developmentally | 
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August 22, 2012
I urge teachers and parents to read this New York Times OpEd piece, “Raising the Ritalin Generation.” The author, Bronwen Hruska, in telling us the story of her family’s and, in particular, her son’s misadventures in the land of ADHD misdiagnosis, creates a cautionary tale for us all to heed. Hruska concludes that much of [...]
Categories: Books, Children's Positive Attributes, Importance of Play, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions & Concerns, Social & Emotional Learning, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: developmental changes, importance of play, Managing Behavior, parents questions & concerns, social-emotional development, Thinking Developmentally, whole child | 3 Comments »
October 13, 2010
A long time ago, so long ago that I can’t remember whether I was in 6th or 8th grade, everyone in our class was required to memorize and recite Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Some fifty-plus years later, while I must confess I can no longer recite the entire address from memory, certain parts are forever etched [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Education Reform, Managing Behavior |
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Building Relationships & Community, Education Reform, Gettysburg Address, global leadership, government by the people, Managing Behavior, practicing democracy, teaching democracy | 2 Comments »
July 8, 2010
A number of studies in early childhood classrooms have documented that “self-regulation predicts academic performance in first grade, over and above cognitive skills and family background.” (Examples of these studies: Blair, 2002; Farran, 2010; McClelland, M. M.; Piccinin, A., & Stallings, M. C., 2010; Raver & Knitzer, 2002). JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question [...]
Categories: Education Reform, Managing Behavior, Social & Emotional Learning, The Responsive Classroom® approach, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: bullying, Developmental Designs, Developmental Studies Center, Managing Behavior, Open Circle, Responsive Classroom approach, social-emotional development, social-emotional learning, Tools of the Mind | 2 Comments »
May 11, 2010
Standing up with self-control is the final of the five key CARES skills underlying Responsive Classroom practice that help build positive proactive attributes in children both socially and academically. The other four are cooperation, assertion, responsibility and empathy. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, cooperation, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Responsive Classroom approach, self-control, social skills, social-emotional learning | 1 Comment »
May 5, 2010
As reported by the Boston Globe, on May 4, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick signed into law one of the most comprehensive antibullying measures ever passed. The family of 11-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, who killed himself in April 2009 after extensive bullying, attended the signing, as did a group of teenagers who advocated for a statewide [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, cooperation, empathy, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Responsive Classroom approach, social skills, social-emotional learning | 1 Comment »
April 28, 2010
Responsibility is one of the five key CARES skills underlying Responsive Classroom practice that help build positive proactive attributes in children both socially and academically. The other four are cooperation, assertion, empathy, and self-control. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, [...]
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April 22, 2010
Assertion is one of the five key CARES skills underlying Responsive Classroom practice that help build positive proactive attributes in children both socially and academically. The other four are cooperation, responsibility, empathy, and self-control. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, [...]
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