Community+of+Learners+&+Environment

Handouts:
Full Day Kindergarten Framework:

Evaluating your Classroom Library:


Creating Rules/Guidelines withChildren:

Books:
Cain, J. (2000). //The way I feel.// New York: Scholastic.

Carlson, N. (1989). //Arnie and the Stolen Markers.// New York: Puffin.

Carlson, N. (1990). //I like me!// New York: Puffin.

Carlson, N. (1997). //How to lose all your friends.//

Cheltanham School Elementary Kindergartners (1991). //We are all alike…we are all different.// New York: Scholastic.

Choi, Y. (2003). //The name jar.// New York: Bantam Doubleday.

Falwell, C. (2005). //David’s drawings.// New York:Lee and Low Books, Inc.

Fierstein, H. (2002). //The sissy duckling.// New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

Fox, M. (1997). //Whoever you are.// New York: Harcourt.

Henkes, K. (1991). //Chrysanthemum.// New York: Greenwillow Books.

Henkes, K. (1996). //Lilly's purple plastic purse.// New York: Greenwillow Books.

Hamanaka, S. (1999). //All the colors of the earth.// New York: Harper Trophy.

Hoose, P. H., Hoose, H. & Tilley, D. (1998). //Hey, little ant!// Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press.

Katz, K (1999). //The colors of us.// New York: Henry Holt & Company.

Kirk, D. (2007). //Library mouse.// New York: Abrams Books.

Kissinger, K. (2002). //All the colors we are: Todos los colores de nuestra piel/the story of how we get our skin color.// Saint Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.

Kraus, R. (1994). //Leo the late bloomer.// New York: Harper Trophy.

Lovell, P. (2001). //Stand tall, Molly Lou Melon.// New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

McBratney, S. (2000). //I’m sorry.// New York: Harper Collins Publisher.

O’Neill, A. (2002). //The recess queen.// New York: Scholastic.

Parr, T. (2004). //It’s okay to be different.// Little, Brown Publishers.

Penn, A. (1993). //The// //kissing hand.// New York: Scholastic.

Pinkney, S.L (2000). //Shades of black: A celebration of our children.// New York: Scholastic.

Senisi, E.B. (2002). //All kinds of friends, even green!// Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House.

Shannon, D. (1999). //David goes to school.// New York: Scholastic Blue Sky Press.

Wells, R. (1998). //Yoko.// Hyperion Books.

Whitcomb, M.E. (1998). //Odd velvet.// San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

Websites:
Building Community In the Classroom: **http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3749832&print=1**

**http://www.understandingprejudice.org/readroom/kidsbib.htm** (This is an excellent booklist organized by topics. For example: multi-cultural perspectives; talking about color and diversity; challenging gender norms; families with lesbian or gay members; physical disabilities and differences; learning disabilities and cognitive special needs. The website also contains hotlinks to booksellers’ websites on which you can read a more detailed description of the recommended books.)

**http://www.hbook.com** This site offers many different publications about books for children and young adults

=Miracles=

Children are miracles.
Believing that every child is a miracle can transform the way we design for children's care. When we invite a miracle into our lives we prepare ourselves and the environment around us. We may set out flowers or special offerings. We may cleanse ourselves, the space, or our thoughts of everything but the love inside us. We make it our job to create, with reverence and gratitude, a space that is worthy of a miracle! Action follows thought. We can choose to change. We can choose to design spaces for miracles, not minimums.

- Anita Olds