Program Materials
Classroom Management Materials
The Cluster Management materials includes Student Certificates, Mouse Pads, Procedures Posters, Station Signs, Task Card Holders, Daily Station Assignment Boards with student name strips with magnets, Seat Sacks, Logo Pencils, Activity Game Boards, Station Logo Rubber Stamps, Transition Flip Cards, Go Green Dry Erase Activity Sheet sleeves.
Hands-On Activity Kits
The Hands-On Activity Kits consist of a variety of commercially made games and activities for each subject area and level. These activities come with Task Cards and Activity Sheets.
Teacher’s Manual
The Teacher’s Manual is a complete guide to assist teachers in implementing the CHILD instructional program. The manual includes the following chapters: Overview of CHILD, Getting Started, Planning Station Activities, Assessment, Managing the Classroom, Roles and Responsibilities, and Essential Components. The appendix includes black line masters for record keeping, students’ certificates, and other classroom management tools.
Leadership Guide
The Leadership Guide helps principals, administrators and coordinators provide effective leadership to ensure the long term success of CHILD. Included in the guide are black line masters to use in making presentations to community groups, and strategies to involve the entire school in adopting the effective practices in Project CHILD.
Planning Guides: A Resource for Integrating Technology and Coordinating Station Work Across Grade Levels
The Planning Guides help teachers plan and coordinate constructive learning activities for their multi-grade students. There are six guides in all—one each for reading, writing and mathematics in both primary and intermediate grades. The Planning Guides are organized into six-week topical units.
The contents include suggested software for each topic and unit, overall goals, objectives which are referenced to state standards, standards of excellence and standardized tests, teaching tips, skills checklists for each grade level, lists of materials and resources, and station activity pages. The CHILD Composite Assessment System (included with the Planning Guides) provides a systematic approach to create authentic assessment portfolios for students.
Activities Guides: A Resource for Jump Starting Hands-On Learning Tied to Basic Skills
The Activities Guides are a companion to the Planning Guides. There are also six Activities Guides which provide ideas for hands-on station activities. The guides are organized by skill objectives, activity name, benchmarks, and include black line masters, teacher and student directions, and Task Cards for each activity. The Task Card is a unique feature of the CHILD classroom management system. Each station activity has a Task Card which directs the student’s work. Specific objectives and directions are given so that students can work independently and constructively.
Passports
The CHILD Passport is a management tool to help students became organized and focused on their work. The Passport is a practice record used to assess students’ effort at the learning stations. Students also use the Passport to set and assess goals. Students have a Passport for each of the three subject areas—one Passport per unit.
Students bring home the Passports at the end of each six-week unit. Parents become an integral part of the learning team when they have a visual record of their child’s work in the classroom. The Passport helps parents and children understand the academic significance of the station activities.
CHILD Science Guides (Primary and Intermediate)
The CHILD Science Guides use the science benchmarks as the foundation for instruction, fully integrating science across the curriculum. Included are integrated hands-on science activities for reading, writing and mathematics.
Special Needs Inclusion Guide (K-3)
The CHILD Special Needs Inclusion Guide is a timely resource for both regular and exceptional educators to support the inclusion of special needs students in the classroom. Along with background information on inclusion and special needs students, there are behavior management tools and over 100 Station Activities with Task Cards. The guide was developed by two exceptional education CHILD teachers.
Station Assessment Guide
The purpose of the Station Assessment Guide is to provide teachers with the means to better monitor and assess student achievement and the quality of station work. With the nationwide emphasis on accountability and standards-based assessment, teachers need new ways to accurately assess student performance. This guide provides rubrics, performance assessments, and tools for classroom management and subject area standards.
Training Facilitator’s Guide
This guide is designed to enable CHILD schools to become self- sufficient after the initial year of training has taken place. The Training Facilitator’s Guide includes a comprehensive training overview, transparencies, and handouts for workshop participants.
Training Modules
The CHILD Training Modules are a companion to the CHILD Training Facilitator’s Guide to assist schools with ongoing staff development. Topics: CHILD Overview, Introduction for Parents, Getting Started, Planning for Instruction (Writing, Reading, Mathematics), Assessment, Managing the Classroom, and Roles & Responsibilities.