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Georgia Heard, Jen McDonough - Place for Wonder, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

Place for Wonder

Making Space for Curiosity in the Elementary Classroom

Av Georgia Heard, Jen McDonough

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In A Place for Wonder: Making Space for Curiosity in the Elementary Classroom, Georgia Heard and Jennifer McDonough share how to create “a landscape of wonder,” a classroom where children’s questions, curiosity, creativity, and exploration are encouraged. For it is these characteristics, the authors write, that develop intelligent, inquiring, lifelong learners.But in a time of increasing standardization and mandated curriculum, what spaces still remain in schools for children’s ideas, questions and curiosity? The first edition of the best-selling A Place for Wonder introduced readers to a set of small, but powerful practices that opened up endless possibilities for children’s creativity and curiosity in the classroom. Now, in this second edition, Heard and McDonough expand and update their ideas for today’s elementary classrooms, sharing engaging and accessible ways to bring wonder to every part of the school day.The ideas and strategies in A Place for Wonder align with the standards and curriculum teachers already teach and center children’s questions and creativity. The authors share powerful classroom examples including:● Creating Wonder Spaces, Discovery Tables, Observation Windows, and other classroom invitations to engage children from the moment they walk into the classroom each morning● Centering children’s curiosity in language arts through read-alouds, Wonder Journals, Wonder Poems, Wonder Book Clubs, nonfiction wonder writing, and student podcasts● Using outdoor spaces to create simple, but engaging connections with nature including the One Small Square Project and listening walks● Opening doors to curiosity in science, social studies, math, art, music, and everyday classroom conversations.● Featuring guest essays from beloved educators and writers that offer additional classroom invitations for wonder.A Place for Wonder will help teachers reclaim their classrooms as a place where children’s questions matter and true learning can flourish.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2027-05-14
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 190
  • Upplaga: 2
  • Förlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781032909738
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Georgia Heard is a poet, educator, and author of more than twenty books, including Awakening the Heart and Heart Maps. For more than twenty years, she has worked alongside teachers and students to make room for children’s questions, voices, imaginations, and wonder through writing and poetry. She received the 2023 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.Jen McDonough brings twenty-eight years of teaching experience across multiple grade levels, serving as Literacy Coach and Lower School Head. Co-author of two Stenhouse-published books on reading and writing, she presents nationally and currently leads Lower School at The Pine School in Hobe Sound, Florida — championing curiosity, wonder, and the joy of learning.

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As I read A Place for Wonder, I felt a sudden, urgent ache; a longing for it to magically drop into the hand of every educator I know. This book empowers both teachers and students to reclaim their most precious (and besieged) resource—their attention—and to lovingly point it towards beauty, each other, and the unfamiliar. Through practical curricular extensions and invitations that can be adapted for any age range, Georgia and Jen show how teachers can infuse awe and delight into every moment of the school day. At a time when certainty is often valued over curiosity, this book celebrates the wonder within the words “I don’t know” and introduces habits of thinking that not only boost kids’ engagement and success at school, but prepare them for lives that brim with empathy and joy.– Lily Howard Scott, Educator and author of The Words That Shape Us and Let Me SeeWhen I first read the first edition of A Place for Wonder almost twenty years ago, I instantly thought, “They get me!” This inspiring second edition of the book reminds us that children’s curiosity belongs at the heart of learning, and Georgia and Jen show teachers how to nurture wonder – even in today’s demanding classrooms.– Christie Wyman, Kindergarten teacherIt’s easy to believe you want children to have a deep sense of wonder and curiosity. Wonder and the accompanying desire to find out is at the heart of learning. But in the educational world we live in it’s too often for the daily actions in schools to be out of alignment with this important belief. In A Place for Wonder, Georgia and Jen show us the importance of nurturing wonder as a mindset rather than a thing to do. They also show us how to do this with stunning array of practical, intuitive strategies we can use right away, and build on over time. As they write, “Every child deserves to feel moments of awe, curiosity, beauty, mystery, and possibility.” Fortunately for all of us, they show us how.–Matt Glover, Co-author of How To Become a Better Writing Teacher

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