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 (Twelve/Hachette Book Group, 2009).
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 [...]
Categories: Books, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum |
Tags: Books, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Nurtureshock, Paula Denton, The Power of Our Words | 
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Posted by Chip on September 24, 2008
Over the years, I’ve come to call this time of year in school “the honeymoon period.” For better or worse (pun intended), children and teachers tend to be on their best behavior as they navigate the waters of their new learning community together. Everything in the classroom is fresh and new, from materials and books [...]
Categories: The School Year |
Tags: Paula Denton, Roxann Kriete, start of the school year, The First Six Weeks of School | 6 Comments »
Posted by Chip on July 28, 2008
The last line in the book I’m about to recommend reads, “This is how school can sound.”
Whether you’re about to enter your first classroom or have been teaching for 20 years, I can think of no better book to recommend to you this summer then Paula Denton’s The Power of Our Words: Teacher Language That [...]
Categories: Books, Managing Behavior |
Tags: Managing Behavior, Northeast Foundation for Children, Paula Denton, Power of Our Words, Responsive Classroom approach, teacher language | 2 Comments »
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