The Peaceful Classroom

The Peaceful Classroom

$40.00     Rp280,000

The Peaceful Classroom provides 162 classroom activities for children from about three to five years of age, although they can be used with children up to age eight.

Activities are organized into four chapters: Friendship, Compassion, Coopera­tion and Kindness.

Each chapter explores three or more skills:

Friendship: Association, Conversa­tion, Belonging, Friendship

Compassion: Recognition of Emo­tions, Problem Solving, Expression

Cooperation: Cooperation, Consid­eration of Others, Negotiation

Kindness: Caretaking, Gentleness, Helping, Generosity, Rescue/Pro­tection, Respect/Encouragement

Each of the four themes build upon each other, providing a foundation for those that follow. In general, Friendship activities provide a foun­dation for Compassion, Coopera­tion and Kindness.

Within each chapter, activities focus­ing on one skill prepare children for those that follow. For example, asso­ciation activities should generally pre­cede those focusing on belonging.

In addition, activities within each chapter are listed in the order of age complexity, beginning with those appropriate for three year olds and older and concluding with those for five year olds and older.

There are many ways to use this book. One way is to do all the activi­ties in the book developmentally ap­propriate for your children. Start with the first activity in the Friend­ship chapter, then continue in se­quence until the activities become too difficult.

Then move to the first activity in the second chapter, Compassion, and continue as before un­til the activities become too diffi­cult. Repeat with the chapter on Cooperation and finish with Kind­ness. This strategy provides the greatest scope over the longest pe­riod of time.

Another approach is to choose one chapter. Begin with the first activity and stop when they become too dif­ficult for your children.

Choosing activities for a specific skill like gentleness or association is another way to use the book. There is a list of activities for each of the sixteen skills beginning on page twenty. Activities for any single skill are often found in more than one chapter.

Designing your own strategy is al­ways a good way to proceed. If you have a specific issue in mind and a limited amount of time, you can choose and introduce activities in a developmentally appropriate se­quence. If you teach three year olds, for example, and want to focus on "appreciation and respect for the en­vironment," you could do the fol­lowing activities:

Growing Flowers

Plant Life

Adopt a Tree

Nature Tribute

Bird Dinner

Classy Tree

Class Nature Collage

You can assemble activities around such issues as sensitivity for dis­abled people and celebration of ra­cial and ethnic diversity. The basic skills of friendship, compassion, co­operation and kindness can be com­bined in various ways to address nearly any social issue of concern to you and your parents.

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Pakuwon City, Surabaya 60112

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