books by Diane E. Levin

books by Diane E. Levin

books:

Diane E. Levin

Building a peaceable classroom: helping young children feel safe in violent times. (Creating Safer ...
Diane E. Levin

Association for Childhood Education International, 1994

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Teaching Young Children in Violent Times: Building a Peaceable Classroom

Diane E. Levin

Educators for Social, 2003

must have for teachers who struggle with violent play
This is a comprehensive book about creating a safe and productive classroom in an otherwise unpredictable world. Edited after the 9/11 attacks, the book opens with a discussion about violence in the media and at home and how young children are affected. From there, ...

The War Play Dilemma: What Every Parent And Teacher Needs to Know (Early Childhood Education Series (Teachers ...

Diane E. Levin, Nancy Carlsson-Paige

Teachers College Press, 2005

Common sense approach to a complex subject
Carlsson-Paige and Levin give seasoned and accessible help to parents who are trying to determine if the behavior they are seeing warrants concern or not. They help us see the difference between developmentally appropriate conflict/ weapon play and the truly worrying ...

Before Push Comes to Shove: Building Conflict Resolution Skills with Children
Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Diane E. Levin

Redleaf Press, 1998

In a violent society where there are so few models for positive conflict resolution, teachers can help children learn the skills that they will need to communicate, negotiate, and resolve their conflicts with others. By using the childrens book Best Day of the Week as a starting point, Before Push Comes to Shove shows how teachers of young ...

So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids

Diane E. Levin, Jean Kilbourne

Ballantine Books, 2008

Eloquent and practical support for parents!
It doesn't sound to me that one of the previous reviewers, Mr. Males, bothered to read the book. If he had, he would recognize that the main premise is ALL children from a very early age are learning toxic lessons from the media about sex, gender, body image and human ...

Remote Control Childhood?: Combating the Hazards of Media Culture (Naeyc (Series), #326.)

Diane E. Levin

National Association for the Education of You, 1998

An Important Book for Parents and Educators
As a teacher I found many helpful ideas to introduce media literacy to my middle school students in this book. The examples given of ways to get children to consider their TV habits and the things they buy can be used with various age groups. Why four stars? Because I ...

Who's Calling the Shots?: How to Respond Effectively to Children's Fascination With War Play and War Toys
Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Diane E. Levin

Library Company of Philadelphia, 1990

Children's war play: the issue for parents is no longer as simple as love it or leave it. Nancy Carlsson-Paige and Diane Levin explain the parallel changes in society and children's war play that make a yes or no decision impossible. Children have less control over war play than ever before. Combine high-tech war toys with an increasingly ...