This inspiring guidebook supports teachers seeking to provide a nurturing and creative classroom environment for middle school and high school students. Lessons supply instruction for creating a community of empathy, reverence, self-awareness, and mindfulness. Each entry features a concise lesson plan ready for implementation, as well as a brief summary of the interfaith and secular philosophies that underpin the lesson. Educators are assisted in building connections among diverse populations, cultivating self-awareness, and rewarding reflective thinking. Handouts and sample writings offer inspirational models for students to explore identity and spirituality.
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"A valuable resource for teachers exploring spirituality in the classroom. The activities are thoughtfully presented and should appeal to teachers.” —Jack Miller, author, Education and the Soul and The Holistic Curriculum
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Jane Dalton has taught at elementary, secondary, and university levels. Lyn Fairchild teaches English at the Cary Academy in North Carolina.
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There are some great (and gutsy) ideas in here. For example, meditation -- Who'd have thought that would work? Apparently it does. The authors share their experiences with these sample lessons, giving short anecdotes of how students reacted to each one. It seems that students are hungry for lessons on kindness, on music, on grief, etc. Besides helping students, I think this book can help teachers trust their own instincts about what a class needs.
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In the beautifully designed book, THE COMPASSIONATE CLASSROOM, Jane Dalton and Lyn Fairchild have provided an excellent guide for teachers to use in the classroom. The lesson plans are very innovative, with specific examples, and will be very easy for teachers to use and very effective in molding students' lifetime perceptions and attitudes. Not only are the lessons well-defined for teachers, but they also would be effective for parents to use at home. All ages will learn from the pages of THE COMPASSIONATE CLASSROOM.
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Renewed zeal for your profession,
This review is from: The Compassionate Classroom: Lessons That Nurture Wisdom and Empathy (Paperback)
I have read the Compassionate Classroom by Jane Dalton and Lyn Fairchild and I want to encourage every classroom teacher to purchase it! This book is an ABSOLUTE MUST for any educator. It is the first of its kind!!! You will not only receive practial lesson plans but a renewed compassionate zeal for your profession.
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One crisp, windy autumn day, I took my students outside. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Golden Rule, Carl Jung, Earth Day, Native American, West African, Happy Holidays, North Carolina, United States, What's Your Favorite Color, Are You Sleeping, Did You Say You're Sorry, Have You Spoken, Let's Look, Some Music, Story Time, The Leaves Are Falling, We're All New!
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One crisp, windy autumn day, I took my students outside. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cultural philosophies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Golden Rule, Carl Jung, Earth Day, Native American, West African, Happy Holidays, North Carolina, United States, What's Your Favorite Color, Are You Sleeping, Did You Say You're Sorry, Have You Spoken, Let's Look, Some Music, Story Time, The Leaves Are Falling, We're All New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Man and His Symbols by Carl Gustav Jung on 4 pages
- The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff on page 133, page 148, and Back Matter
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch (Signet Classics) by Alexander Solzhenitsyn on page 16, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Through Other Eyes: Animal Stories by Women by Doris May Lessing on page 136, and Back Matter
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe on page 127, and Back Matter
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