Resources
Dive into progressive education
From websites and articles to podcasts and social media accounts, here's plenty to help you explore progressive education: what it is and how it can support your family.
“People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have.”John Holt
Websites
- progressiveeducation.org Moving beyond top-down, authoritarian schooling
- Progressive Education Network
Podcasts
Articles
- Unstructured Play CBC – The Nature of Things
- Progressive Education Why it's hard to beat, but also hard to find
- The Progressive Teacher in the Classroom What active adult involvement does and doesn't entail
- Risky Play Let kids go outside, then get out of the way
- Inquiry & Imaginative Play
- How to Learn Education Week
- Healthy Child Development Pediatrics (AAP)
- Active Adult Involvement in the Classroom
- Teach Kids When They're Ready Edutopia
- Having the Same Teacher Twice New York Times
- Helping Students Find a Purpose William Damon, AASA
Recommended reading
Declarative Language Handbook
A practical guide to using declarative language to support children's social learning and communication.
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