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The Perfectly Grown Perspective on Teaching with Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom
A love and logic classroom is built on mutual respect and dignity. Teachers share control with students by giving them an opportunity to make good choices: “Feel free to do anything as long as it doesn’t cause a problem for someone else.”
For a student that does not make good choices, it is up to them to solve the problem, because if they do not, the teacher will take back control. Any consequences given by the teacher are LOGICAL to the infraction.
I LOVE (pun intended) the philosophy behind the love and logic classroom. When raising my two boys the approach of allowing them to make their own choices and solve their own problems has paid off in spades now that they are adults able to navigate the world successfully on their own.
In my professional opinion, teaching with love and logic works well beginning at about 3rd grade. I believe that primary students in grades K-2 need more structure and guidelines with a gradual release of control with maturity.
You can certainly incorporate the philosophy of respect, dignity, and empathy at any age. The rule of, “Feel free to do anything that doesn’t cause a problem for someone else,” may be too broad for a kindergartner. Find the balance between this approach and the structure needed to guide littles towards knowing what good choices look like.
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