The Peaceful Classroom: 162 Easy Activities to Teach Preschoolers Compassion and Cooperation

. . .162 developmentally-appropriate classroom activities for preschoolers to teach young children the skills to live peaceably and productively. By introducing children to these structured activities within their more spontaneous free-play learning environment, teachers can encourage the development of such life skills as friendship, compassion, cooperation and kindness. The activities in The Peaceful Classroom are organized developmentally by age and complexity and include parent involvement through sample letters to parents and suggestions for parents to extend their children's classroom learning experiences to the home. -- Early Childhood Consultant, Bookmark, Dec./Jan. 1995

This book is a potpourri of early childhood activities which teach students the skills that enable them to live more peacefully with others. Each idea includes a brief summary, a minimum age suggestion, "What to do," extension ideas, ways to involve parents, vocabulary, and a supply list. To help teachers locate appropriate activities, the book is divided into four chapters: Friendship, Compassion, Cooperation, and Kindness. Teachers need to put the activities into a peacemaking context so that students don't just see them as "nice games to play." -- Director of Curriculum, newsletter: Dapei Hahodesh, Department of Curriculum