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The Origins bookstore offers a range of products--books, music CDs, DVDs of classrooms in action, professional development guide--to support educators as they implement the Responsive Classroom and Developmental Designs approaches in their schools. View all available grades K-9 publications, or filter by elementary or middle level. Search for what you need with keywords or through the topics provided--Advisory, Morning Meeting, Rule Breaking, etc.

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Resources for Building Advisory

Study together and create site-based professional development. Lean on these three resources, carefully designed to help middle-level educators create an effective, school-wide advisory program.

Advisory Book, The REVISED EDITION

Advisory Book Study Guide

Circle of Power and Respect Advisory Meeting, DVD

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For Middle Level & Elementary • All Grades

Children's Social Consciousness and the Development of Social Responsibility

by Sheldon Berman

$29.95

Children's Social Consciousness & the Development of Social Responsibility cover

For Elementary • K-6

Classroom Spaces That Work

by Marlynn K. Clayton and Mary Beth Forton, Introduction by Jay Lord

$24.00

For Elementary • K-6

Closing Circles

50 Activities for Ending the Day in a Positive Way

by Dana Januszka and Kristen Vincent

Wrap up the day – or your lesson – with a quick closing circle and leave students wanting to come back for more.

$20.00

For Middle Level & Elementary • All Grades

Courage to Teach, The

Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

by Parker Palmer

$27.95

For Elementary • K-6

Creating a Safe & Friendly School

Lunchroom, Hallways, Playground, and more . . .

by Northeast Fdtn. for Children

$18.00

Creating a Safe & Friendly School book cover

For Elementary • K-5

Doing Math in Morning Meeting

150 Quick Activities that Connect to Your Curriculum

by Andy Dousis and Margaret Berry Wilson, Introduction by Roxann Kriete, author of The Morning Meeting Book.

$25.00

Doing Math in Morning Meeting book covers

For Elementary • K-8

Down in the Valley

More Great Singing Games for Children, Book/CD Set

by Peter Amidon et al.

$28.00

For Elementary • K-8

Down in the Valley

More Great Singing Games for Children, Book ONLY

by Peter Amidon et al.

$15.00

For Elementary • K-8

Down in the Valley

Singing Games for Children, CD ONLY

by Peter Amidon et al.

$15.00

For Middle Level • 5-9

Educating Minds and Hearts

Social Emotional Learning and the Passage into Adolescence

by Chip Wood, Linda Crawford, et al., Jonathan Cohen, Editor

$21.95

Elementary

For Elementary • K-6

Power of Our Words, The

by Paula Denton

$24.00

For Elementary • K-6

Quiet Place, A

by Douglas Wood and Dan Andreasen

For use with creating a positive time-out place for students: The author takes the reader on a tour through many quiet places where a person could become calm and focused. It sets a positive tone for establishing a quiet place in the classroom.

$7.99