RCCP currently serves over 375 schools in the United States and has been cited as one of the most successful programs of its kind in the country. An early childhood program that promotes social and emotional learning, conflict resolution, and diversity education through developmentally appropriate activities such as stories, puppet play, songs, crafts, and even parachute play. Kit of materials, teacher's guide, parent resources, and library included. The program features games, team challenges, songs, stories, puppet-play, art, reading, and writing activities to help children have fun while utilizing and developing multiple intelligences. A unique program offering the opportunity to integrate character education's core values into the curriculum, instructional methods, and culture of the classroom and school.
Teachers learn to create safer, more caring, and respectful learning environments.
ESR has been identified as a Character Education Program of Merit by the N.J. Character Education Partnership . The Stories Program helps teachers improve students' language arts AND social and emotional skills by bringing literature alive. Administrators and teachers learn techniques to help students explore the conflicts and ethical issues in works of literature and how these themes relate to conflicts in the students' own lives. While delving deeply into the motivation of various characters, students are motivated to learn new conflict resolution skills, develop their empathetic qualities, enhance their appreciation of diversity, and think critically about the work of literature. Exploring these issues together enhances the sense of community in classrooms and schools.