Jane Katch, a teacher of 4-and 5-year-olds shows how she encourages the children to describe their needs and to listen to each other to work our disagreements. Her focus is on building an ethical classroom that honors all childrens? points of views, and she does this through language. An Abstract of this article can be found in the archives of ASCD's Educational Leadership, September 2003, Vol. 61, No. 1.