Amazon.com description: Product Description: Chosen from among readers' favorite articles going back to our first newsletter in 1989, this collection offers inspiration, provocative ideas, and strategies you can try tomorrow. The authors include well-known educators associated with the Responsive Classroom approach and other teachers from across the United States. They all know the classroom, and the wisdom they offer is grounded in the details of everyday classroom life. Whether you're new to the Responsive Classroom approach or already using it, in this book you'll find adaptable ideas for: welcoming children to school in the morning and bringing the day to a calm, harmonious close; stretching children's learning through open-ended questioning; helping children take responsibility for solving their problems; teaching children how to make lunch and recess peaceful and productive; working with children with challenging behaviors; welcoming children's families into the classroom.