Creating Caring Classrooms: How to Encourage Students to Communicate, Create and Be Compassionate of Others

by Kathleen Gould Lundy, Larry Swartz

Creating Caring Classrooms is committed to building respectful relationships among students, teachers, and the school community. Through active, engaging, relevant, open-ended activities, students will be encouraged to explore events, ideas, themes, texts, stories, and relationships from different perspectives, and then represent those new understandings in innovative and creative ways.

Genres: Education

160 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2011

Reviews

[Helen S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was part of a course about Culturally Responsible Pedagogies for Primary and Junior Teachers in Ontario, Canada. It took at least four weeks to work through all the suggestions and activities so there are plenty in here.
Wow where to start? If you ever thought you are helping students feel cared about, there is always something else to use! I am pretty interested in literacy activities and this has plenty of good choices to use. Read this book and you will be a happier Educator. Most of the substantial ideas work for Grades 4-7. I really admire the work these Authors put forth in the book. I wish all Teachers would try them because it is based on the premise that one must get to know every student in a full sense (background, values, ethnicity, interests) whom they teach.

[Ashlinn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent practical classroom activities to help build a genuine inclusive classroom. Kids buy into these activities.

[Pembroke Publishers · Rating 5 out of 5]

"…I am confident in its ability to help teachers, educators and learners understand and build compassion. My journey through this ideas-packed book did not leave me tired; instead, I am inspired. My copy will be well-used." - CM Magazine

"Based on their years of teaching, the two renowned Canadian educators and authors have synthesized a comprehensive body of information about community building that is as valuable to seasoned as it is to new teachers. …tackle[s] the overarching theme of student disenfranchisement, disengagement and of classrooms that don't work." - Professionally Speaking

"...The book is useful for any age group and directly relevant for... teachers as part of the current focus on anti-bullying and character education. Many of the activities can be integrated with the regular curriculum, especially for language arts, drama, and visual art." - ETFO Voice Magazine

"It is difficult to imagine a professional textbook that is likely to change the climate of your classroom. However, that is exactly what is offered…. …this text provides a road map to classroom social change. …Inarguably, the strength of this book is just that; educators can easily access practical and pragmatic activities for everyday use or for school-wide community-buidling endeavors. Highly Recommended." - Canadian Teacher Magazine