Teaching the 3 Cs: Creativity, Curiosity, and Courtesy
Activities That Build a Foundation for Success
"A greatly needed book at a time when creativity, curiosity and problem solving are moving over to make room for high-pressure academics. Loaded with good ideas for activities. The author's creativity shows!"
—Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Consultant and Early Childhood Specialist
Author, Dragon Mom and Diversity in Early Care and Education
"Patricia Dischler's hands-on experience and love of early learning radiate throughout Teaching the 3 C's. As a defender of childhood, I am most impressed by the way she promotes play, exploration, and discovery in simple and engaging ways. Put down the video games, turn off the TV, and pick up this book."
—Jeff A. Johnson, Owner
Explorations Early Learning LLC
Cultivate the 3 Cs in young learners to strengthen future academic achievement!
Research shows that children with positive social skills, a creative nature, and a love of learning are more likely to experience success in later school years. However, today's emphasis on early exposure to academic content means little attention is given to developing the affective skills that can make a critical difference in a child's future. Based on her extensive experience in early childhood education, Patricia A. Dischler bridges the gap and demonstrates how incorporating the three Cs—creativity, curiosity, and courtesy—into classroom instruction can support the development of academic skills.
This resource shows how to promote school readiness by giving children a desire to learn, teaching them how to learn, and nurturing empathy, emotional intelligence, and problem solving. The book provides:
- Abundant activities that are fun, easy to use, and developmentally appropriate
- Engaging sidebars highlighting teacher/student dialogue
- Methods for integrating the 3 Cs into the curriculum and meeting state standards
- Recommendations of related children's books
- Activities indexed by state standards for easy curriculum planning
Practical, insightful, and brimming with wisdom, Teaching the 3 Cs illustrates how to foster young students' lifelong enthusiasm for learning and give them the foundation to succeed!
"This book is greatly needed at a time when creativity, curiosity, and problem solving are moving over to make room for high-pressure academics. Loaded with good ideas for activities. The author's creativity shows!"
“Patricia Dischler’s hands-on experience and love of early learning radiate throughout. As a defender of childhood, I am most impressed by the way she promotes play, exploration, and discovery in simple and engaging ways. Put down the video games, turn off the TV, and pick up this book.”
“Creativity, curiosity, and courtesy are three missing elements in our classrooms today. Most teachers feel there isn’t time to teach these integral life skills. Read this book to discover some practical and easy ways to incorporate all three into teaching children today.”
“A wonderful and immediately applicable resource for early childhood educators. Teaching the 3 Cs will enhance the quality of programming for young children and open up a new and exciting world of teaching for all caregivers and teachers.”
"A great addition to any classroom or home library. This book is a great tool in helping our young students with lifelong learning skills that they will build on throughout their school careers and lives.”
“On the valuable topics of curiosity, creativity, and courtesy, Dischler displays three additional Cs—this book is current, clear and compassionate. Her dedication to the overall development of children comes through as her knowledge and personal experiences are shared. This book was obviously written from the heart.”
Too basic--not research-based enough for grad students. This seems like a book geared more towards parents than educators. It would be a fun book for a intro early childhood ed class.