| By: Committee for Children What Would CFC Read? We here at Committee for Children spend a lot of time thinking and talking about social-emotional skills—even when we're reading! So in honor of Get Caught Reading Month, we asked our staff members to recommend books with social-emotional themes that they…Read More
| By: Committee for Children Book Review: Where the Wild Things Are By Maurice Sendak Ah, Max, you wild thing. Maurice Sendak's eternally impish little boy has struck a chord in children and parents for half a century and shows no sign of…Read More
| By: Emilie Coulter Schooled by Gordon Korman Reading level: Grades 6–9 At age 13, Cap (for Capricorn) knows how to spell barometer and psychedelic, how to build a Foucault pendulum, and how to grow plums. But he has no idea how to read the social map of the traditional American public school. As one of only two remaining members on a remote alternative farm commune, Cap is homeschooled by the other,…Read More
| By: Committee for Children Book Review: Sam’s Story By Molly Anderson A Committee for Children Production Reading Level: Preschool–Grade 1 Using the simplest of narratives, Sam's Story demonstrates to children, parents, and educators that personal safety… Read More
| By: Committee for Children Working Together to Prevent Child Abuse We continue to hear stories about child abuse and child sexual abuse in the media. Sometimes these stories make the headlines, and more often they do not. We know that far too many children and families are affected. In 2009, there were 3 million reports of child abuse and neglect involving 6 million children. Of these, approximately 8 percent were reports of sexual abuse. We also know that more than 90 percent of these children knew the perpetrator of… Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Fostering Problem Solving and Negotiation Part of teaching the Second Step program is providing students the language and vocabulary to use the prosocial skills they learn. Read More
| By: Committee for Children 10-Year-Old’s Anti-Bullying Video Goes Viral http://www.vvdailypress.com/articles/video-33699-viral-wrightwood.htmlRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Fostering Prosocial Skills Through Music Music can be powerful in many ways. Humans are hard-wired to respond to music. The sound has an impact on our bodies.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Let Me Count the Ways: Confessions of a Technophile My name is Andrea and I am a technophile. I love technology and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Don’t get me wrong, Short Circuit isn’t exactly my idea of a romantic movie—though I did have a little crush on Johnny-Five when IRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Telling Is Not Teaching When I first began working with the Second Step program 15 years ago, my colleagues and I were so focused on completing the lessons that we completely overlooked the extension activities (these are now called daily practice activities in Second Step 4th edition).Read More