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The Complete Guide to Service Learning |
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A Kids’ Guide to Hunger & Homelessness |
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Service learning can be so much more than picking up trash or cleaning up graffiti—although both are great places to start. A treasury of activities, ideas, and resources, this eloquent, exhilarating guide can help teachers and youth workers engage young hearts and minds in reaching out and giving back.Author Cathryn Berger Kaye, an educational workshop leader, speaker, and former classroom teacher, presents service learning—its importance, steps, essential elements, and challenges—within a curricular context. Chapters cover a variety of common service-learning themes including animals, the environment, hunger and homelessness, community safety, literacy, and social justice. Each includes inspiring quotations, background information and resources, preparation activities, real-life examples, and ideas that have worked for other teachers. “Bookshelf” sections describe nearly 300 books that offer teachable moments about service learning, responsibility, caring, and helping, as well as ways to encourage discussion and make the lesson last. |
Kids learn about the causes and effects of hunger and homelessness, read about what other people (including young people) have done and are doing to help, explore what their community needs, and develop a service project. Includes facts, quotations, real-life examples, write-on pages, resources, a note to teachers and other adults—and a lot of inspiration to get out there and make a difference in the world. A hands-on, get-involved student workbook to use as a stand-alone or in conjunction with The Complete Guide to Service Learning | Kids everywhere are deciding they can’t wait to become adults to change the world. They’re acting right now to fight hunger and poverty, promote health and human rights, save the environment, and work for peace. Their stories prove that young people can make a difference on a global scale. Like Barbara Lewis’s groundbreaking The Kid’s Guide to Social Action, this book includes real-life stories to inspire young readers, plus a rich and varied menu of opportunities for service, fast facts, hands-on activities, user-friendly tools, and up-to-date resources kids can use to put their own volunteer spirit into practice. It also spotlights young people from the past whose efforts led to significant positive change. Upbeat, practical, and highly motivating, this book has the power to rouse young readers everywhere. | ||||||||
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26 Big Things Small Hands Do (hardcover) $16.95 Coleen Paratore and Illustrated by Mike Reed |
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Reach Out and Give $10.95 By, Cheri J. Meiners, M.Ed. |
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A Kids’ Guide to Helping Others Read & Succeed How to Take Action! $6.95 Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A. |
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Go beyond “A is for Apple” with an alphabet book that builds character. As children learn and review their ABCs, they discover positive actions they can perform with their own small hands—like applauding, building, giving gifts made with love, helping, planting, recycling, and volunteering. These are simple things even toddlers can do for themselves and others. The message throughout is that everyone, no matter how young or how small, can make a difference in the lives of those around them. The book ends with big hands clapping. A warm, affirming book for the home, childcare, or preschool. |
Even very young children can help to make the world a better place. This book begins with the concept of gratitude, because feeling grateful is a powerful motivator. Words and pictures show children contributing to their community in simple yet meaningful ways. Includes discussion questions, a philanthropy role play, generosity games, and ideas for service projects. | Kids learn about literacy—the ability to read, write, and comprehend. They explore ways to improve the literacy of others, read what others (including young people) have done and are doing to help, explore what their community needs, and develop a service project. Includes facts, quotations, real-life examples, write-on pages, resources, a note to teachers and other adults—and a lot of inspiration to get out there and make a difference in the world. A hands-on, get-involved student workbook to use as a stand-alone or in conjunction with The Complete Guide to Service Learning. | ||||||||
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The Kid’s Guide to Social Action How to Solve the Social Problems You Choose—and Turn Creative Thinking into Positive Action (Revised, Expanded, Updated Edition) $18.95 Barbara A. Lewis |
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Building Everyday Leadership in All Teens Promoting Attitudes and Actions for Respect and Success (Curriculum Guide for Teachers and Youthworkers) $29.95 Mariam G. MacGregor M.S. |
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| First published in 1991, The Kid’s Guide to Social Action has helped thousands of young people get involved, get noticed, and get results. It has won awards from Parenting Magazine (“Outstanding Children’s Book, Reading-Magic Awards”) and the American Library Association (“Best of the Best for Children”). And now it’s even better. Exciting, empowering, and packed with information, this is the ultimate guide for kids who want to make a difference in the world. Step-by-step instructions show how to write letters, do interviews, make speeches, take surveys, raise funds, get media coverage, and more. Reproducible forms make it easy to circulate petitions, initiate proclamations, and prepare news releases. Real stories about real kids who are doing great things let readers know that they’re not too young to solve problems in their neighborhood, community, and nation. Resources point the way toward government offices, groups, organizations, Web sites, and books. Designed for kids to use on their own, this inspiring book is also ideal for schools, clubs, groups, troops, and youth organizations. Includes 25 reproducible handout masters. |
Every teen can be a leader. That's because leadership is not just about taking the lead in big ways, but in everyday small things, too. The sessions in this book guide teens to explore what it means to be a leader, how to work with others, ethical decision-making, risk-taking, team-building, communication, creative thinking, and more. Teens learn what's necessary to do something, even if that something is just speaking up. Choose the sessions that seem best for your class or group, or explore leadership through an entire school year. Requires use of the student book, Everyday Leadership. | |||||||||