Creating Caring Communities with Books Kids Love [Paperback]

Nancy A. Chicola (Author), Eleanor B. English (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2002 | Series: Books Kids Love

What does it mean to care? Caring is a thoughtful, empathetic concern for the world around us. It is a pebble that, when thrown into a pond, spreads influential rings to the family, school, community, and beyond. In Creating Caring Communities with Books Kids Love, teachers and parents are shown how to build a caring community in the classroom and at home in order to help combat apathy and violence in our world today. Specifically targeted for grades K through 6, and incorporating a wide range of fiction and nonfiction selections, as well as offering a rich foundation of expository and expressive activities, Creating Caring Communities provides teachers with tools for promoting caring attitudes, behaviors, and values among young learners in their personal, family, school, neighborhood, nation, and world environments.

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This latest addition to Fulcrum's best-selling "Books Kids Love" series focuses on building a caring community both inside and outside the classroom.

About the Author

Nancy A. Chicola has 25 years of public school teaching experience and currently works with perservice teachers at a professional development site. Eleanor B. English is a professor in the Xhool of Education at St. Bonaventure University. After spending 9 years in public schools, she taught social studies methods and children's literature at the university level for 14 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing (September 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555919197
• ISBN-13: 978-1555919191
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,799,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, applicable, curriculum supplement ideas, January 10, 2003

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This review is from: Creating Caring Communities with Books Kids Love (Paperback)

Collaboratively developed and written by Nancy A. Chicola (Associate Professor, Department of Elementary Education and Reading, Buffalo State College, New York) and Eleanor B. English (Professor of Health and Physical Education, Social Studies Methods, and Children's Literature, School of Education, St. Bonaventure University, New York) Creating Caring Communities With Books Kids Love is a superbly presented and "user friendly" resource for teachers and educators of children in grades K through 6, that incorporates a quality selection of fiction and non-fiction books with activities, information on civic action, lesson plans, book summaries, and more, all specifically designed to help the classroom educator to foster a motivational and fun curriculum. Creating Caring Communities With Books Kids Love is strongly recommended as an basic resource showcasing a wealth of practical, applicable, curriculum supplement ideas.