Wednesday, February 24, 2010

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The Responsive Classroom Approach

You would be amazed how effective this approach is. I implemented this in a kindergarten class (22 students) for 6 weeks. What a difference and transformation! The Responsive Classroom is an approach to elementary teaching that emphasizes social, emotional, and academic growth in a strong and safe school community. The goal is to enable optimal student learning. Students learn best when they have both academic and social-emotional skills. Teachers must help them build academic and social-emotional competencies.
To teach is to touch a life forever!